Thursday, August 21, 2008

Everybody make a Calgary Flames trade proposal!



I think this will be a fun thread, instead of people just shooting down other peoples idea's, I'd like to see everybody make a trade proposal whether it be something you would like to see go down or what you think Darryl Sutter might do, it's up to you... Here's mine: To Atlanta: Adrian Aucoin (4.0 UFA) To Calgary: Erik Christensen (0.75 RFA) Why, the Thrashers have money to burn, 20 players at 37.719 million and they could use another veteran defenseman, as of right now their only NHL defenseman are the five of Hainsey, Havelid, Exelby, Klee and Enstrom while the Flames need to shed some salary, the kid is from Edmonton and we've seen at least twenty of them join the Flames over the years, remember when posters would get flamed for suggesting Calgary should go after someone just because they were Western Canadian, well guess what? now management comes right out and says they will do just this because they prefer them. Erik Christensen is a 24 year old fast skating offensive centre (Bob Clarke Trophy) drafted 69th in 2002 who was buried too far down the depth chart in Pittsburgh (Crosby, Malkin, Staal) and was traded last year along with Colby Armstrong, Angelo Esposito and a 1st rounder for Marian Hossa & Pascal Dupuis. Not only would we free up another spot for our defenseman but we would also clear over three million off our inflated 58.179 million salary cap. Where would he fit in? I guess he would battle for a top nine foward position somewhere among this grouping here. Cammalleri - Langkow - IginlaLombardi - Backlund - BertuzziBourque - Christensen - BoydGlencross - Conroy - Moss I'd like to see what some people think we can get for some of the expected departures of Marcus Nilson, Rhett Warrener and Anders Eriksson. Remember CP, post a trade proposal, don't just critize please, have fun, c'mon you lurkers, sign up and join in the conversation! :nod:

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