It’s not dumb when your roster consists of Cozens (13 in 31), Benson (10 in 25), Krebs 10 in 30), Quinn (7 in 25), Kulich (4 in 21). There roster is full of players drowning without any support, and their GM has outright proclaimed they can’t attract players in free agency. I’m not suggesting they do Cozens for a player like Coleman straight across, they can add some legitimate veteran talent using all these young players struggling due to the lack of said veteran talent.
Speculation: Armchair GM 2024-25 Season, Craig Conroy's Can Do Calgary Flames
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I think it's a semantics issue. You said you'd trade all of them except for the big names. That's the confusion IMO. Is Cozens or Thompson a big name?
I agree that we are good trading partners and that our offerings are likely lower value than your younger guys, but I also am not too sure who is technically "untouchable" in a retool like that. Buffalo has been super weird for the last decade.
Honestly I pretty much named the list I’dsay I’d leave as untouchable, but I’ll re-iterate.
Once again, I will never be hired as a GM and for good reasons. But pretty much I’d say any name who currently is struggling because they really don’t have a spot to develop them, with maybe one younger player who’s doing great to land a big fish (Cozens, Kulich, Quinn, Krebs, with maybe one of Benson, Byram or Peterka). That team needs a culture shock and an influx of veterans who don’t just help the young guys but are great contributors themselves. I would be calling up all those teams you think of that are always in the mushy middle or trending for it like Boston, St. Louis, us, Islanders etc. and offer them these names for some of their high end vets.
