Worth a shot
Maybe they'd want to avoid it, but maybe not. What's funny and tragic is that the Flames have the best players for us by far, out of any seller.
Like really, do we want Connor Murphy or David Savard? They are good but imo a risk of being too much like Ceci. We need a dynamic puck moving RD, whose value isn't in their points
I think the SCF showed that they're fine with
one Ceci-type in the lineup. Issues start when they have both Ceci and Vinny in the lineup and need to play one of them with Nurse.
I also don't think Emberson or Stecher are a falloff from a 22 year old Broberg/Kulak on their offside, both of whom already went a long way to fixing the problems on the 2nd pairing.
Though now the issue is the pendulum has swung too far, and they don't really have a good replacement for Ceci and Vinny unless Kemp/Wanner continue to take steps forward or Josh Brown suddenly becomes NHL quality. That's where they do have a need for a Savard or Murphy type.
If I were a betting man, I'd wager Kemp wins the 7th job in camp over Brown, and for the Oil to use the first 15 games to see which of Emberson or Stecher is better. After that, they'll swap out the loser to give Kemp an audition.
By game 25/30 they should know if they need to upgrade on a) Stecher/Emberson next to Nurse, b) Kemp (or Brown) next to Kulak, or c) both.