Flames would offer Kadri and a small add at most, Andersson for Cozens and an add, or players like Backlund or Coleman + a medium sized add (top 6 young guys in Zary, Coronato, Basha, Honzek, Gridin, and Parekh off the table).
Kadri and Weegar combined currently have more points than Cozens is pacing for. That + would have to be the most unbearable list of players for Buffalo to part with before Calgary stops laughing.
Well, Kadri is not young anymore and of course that would be a solid plus. It makes no sense for us to sell Cozens cheap either.
Kadri isn’t young but his point totals were in the 70s last season, and he has 12 points in his last 14 games now that he no longer has a bottom 6 on ice shooting percentage in the NHL. Kadri now immediately makes Buffalo a vastly superior team, and he provides cup pedigree, and more importantly that chippy “do it the right way play style” that Buffalo needs in spades. Kadri going to a more offensive team than the Flames looks like he could still be an elite 2C and help Buffalo break the streak, while Calgary starts the reclamation on Cozens who I still think could be quite good.
Man, I know, that's why I suggested the trade. I have no idea what Calgary would be looking for in that + or what they need, but like I said, it would be a solid plus.
Losing a top end 2C and a low end 1D/top end 2D in a single trade would be a devastating return regardless of age to the point I don’t think it’d be reasonable to discuss. The list of adds would be a high end young D/top end D prospect and a great 1st/blue chip forward. Which sounds completely unreasonable, but I legitimately can’t think of a single trade in the league where a team lost its 1C and 23 minute 2D in a single trade, with both having term.
Okay, it's hard to negotiate with you. Well, this deal is something like a mockup of the Miller + McDonagh deal in Tampa.
Don't you dare expose this guy, some people think he's the second coming of Linden.
