Canucks fans thoughts

Flames are not in a position to be trading away any defense

I mean we have Gio Hanifin Valimaki Mackey on the left side and Kylington is the only one that is unsigned (even though he is an RFA). I think Virtanen is worth the risk.

Mackey is unproven and I fully expect 1 of Valimaki or Kylington (likely Valimaki) to be switched to the right side. Also the 11-7 strat is likely going to become the norm. I have no issues with the value from a Flames perspective but I dont think Flames are in a position to trade defense for wingers

I doubt VAN says yes.

There could be a chance VAN non-tenders Virtanen, if his ask is too high and they can't make a deal. The opportunity could exist to get him for free

I mean if we resign Brodie or Gustafsson I’d prefer them play the right on the 2nd pair, or we get DeMelo or smth, and 3rd pair guys are a dime a dozen. Basically I’m saying we need a 2RD and I don’t trust Kylington there, and 3RD can be anyone, Treliving loves getting depth D (good chance we keep Stone for cheap, and we still have Yelesin for example) so I think we’ll be fine on D. Like if we traded Kyl and kept Stone and got Brodie/Gus/Hanonic/DeMelo for 2RD we’d still have a top 8 I’d be fine starting the year with