Like everybody else

Terrible for the Flames

Not remotely close

Right picks wrong players

Would love Tkachuk the Sabres. Would love that trade too. But...

I highly doubt he'd re-sign in Buffalo which would be a waste of resources for just one season of play.

If Treliving has anything close to that attitude good luck getting anything for the mans. Terrible market to maximize trade value. Tkachuk would be fine waiting out another year to walk for free, that's if the rumors are true, hell he could just want more money.

As a Sabres fan, sure I'd love a player of Mathews caliber... but only for a fleecing. Even then you have to invest in the man. Not a single team wins Stanley cups with inflated player salaries, no team has ever won the cup with a player making 10 million. No money left for depth. Does a player earn that money? Sure, but GREAT players take less to build more with their club.

Now there are plenty of silly impatient GM's to bite on this so I'm not saying they wont get a great return, Daddy in St. Louis could help that along, but I'd at least start planning the Flames funeral now.

As for the Sabres, I'd much rather take a chance at staying patient and striking gold with one of many strong prospects already in Sabres system. When I say many I mean three in the last draft alone, two from the previous draft and so on.