If Calgary's season really does go down the tubes, I wonder if a mini rebuild isnt on the cards.
On another note, the number of dissatisfied, underwhelming teams out there this season is incredible.
You've got the "penciled in as a cup threat" teams (San Jose, Calgary, Nashville, Toronto...Tampa might join this group if they continue to shuffle) and the "I thought this was supposed to be the year they turned a corner" teams (Devils, NYR, Buffalo are trending that way). And of course, the expected bad teams that are still light years away from contention (Minny, LA). If everyone gets fed up, especially the teams nearing the end of their window, we could be in for a hell of a TDL.
I wonder how willing some of those western teams would be to eat salary and deal talent out east. The Granlund-for-Gally swap has been mentioned, but I'm starting to think we could get much better if we had a willing partner to swap for Schultz one of for one as well, or in a three way deal to land a different kind of D man.
This seems like the perfect time for us to try to buy low on Sam Bennett
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Galchenyuk for Bennett was suggested on the main boards. I'd entertain something like that.
But every time his name is mentioned on the trade board, Calgary fans put him in an almost untouchable bracket.
I'm not saying fan expectation = Treveling's likely valuation (especially when its fans on HF) but it seems like they value him highly and are willing to give a long leash to