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I hadn't heard that Okposo might be on the block until just now, and though I'm skeptical as to what it'd take besides Hudler to get Garth to pick up the phone, I think Burliving would be remiss to not at least kick the tires. There is fair concern that Okposo might not be the same player after surgery to repair the detached retina (ouch!), but he was scoring at nearly a PPG pace through 46 games prior to the injury, is arguably one of the top 10 or 15 players in the league at a position were clearly thin at, and as FLAMES666 mentioned, is entering his prime at 27. If we could manage to obtain Okposo for someone other than Huds—a 2nd-rounder, a prospect and roster player might be enough to bend Snow’s ear—just think of how significantly deeper and more dangerous his addition would make the Flames. I’m not a huge proponent of tossing a boatload of cash at the guy to make him stay, but there is cap flexibility and the room in the Flames lineup to make it work; he is exactly the age and caliber of player we should be targeting if available imo, depending on what he’d cost us.
Since the Islanders don’t pick until the 3rd round (#72), does anyone else think that our 45th overall pick + say, Colborne + say, Granlund might be close to fair value for Okposo, and if not, why? Something tells me Garth would be asking for Ferland, and as tempting as it might sound, I’m not sure it’d be wise to get rid of our two bigger bodies up front to gamble on a player who’s had as many issues staying healthy as Okposo. What do you guys think?
Gaudreau - Monahan - Hudler
Raymond - Bennett - Okposo
Bouma - Backlund - Jones
Ferland - Stajan - Jooris
Shore, Byron, Poirier, Wolf, Agostino, Arnold, etc.
(maybe switch Huds back to LW if Poirier breaks out, which would make Raymond expendable)
Since the Islanders don’t pick until the 3rd round (#72), does anyone else think that our 45th overall pick + say, Colborne + say, Granlund might be close to fair value for Okposo, and if not, why? Something tells me Garth would be asking for Ferland, and as tempting as it might sound, I’m not sure it’d be wise to get rid of our two bigger bodies up front to gamble on a player who’s had as many issues staying healthy as Okposo. What do you guys think?
Gaudreau - Monahan - Hudler
Raymond - Bennett - Okposo
Bouma - Backlund - Jones
Ferland - Stajan - Jooris
Shore, Byron, Poirier, Wolf, Agostino, Arnold, etc.
(maybe switch Huds back to LW if Poirier breaks out, which would make Raymond expendable)
