Trade for strong No.1 goaltender Fleury, in addition to signing of reliable and cheap backup Kinkaid, stabilizes the position and this season's biggest weakness for the flames. If Kinkaid is unable to be a reliable backup then the strong play of Rittich in the AHL, or even Gillies, provide other options. Acquiring Fleury requires giving up a very good player in Brodie but the signing of Alzner, who takes a slight pay cut to play in Western Canada, replaces the left D spot on the second pairing as he is better defensively than Brodie but worse offensively, at half the price tag. AHL stand out offensive defenseman Andersson will step into second pairing and replace Brodie's offensive output and place on the second power play, while playing along side left handed Alzner. Resigning Engelland and Kuluk who played very well together provide a trustworthy and mobile two-way third pairing on the back end while Bartkowski additionally provides that impact and increases defensive depth. Ferland's play on the top line proves he is able to produce and finish with Monahan and Gaudreau but also earns him a significant pay raise, so three years is a reasonable length for the fairly unproven winger. Due to Bennett's disappointing season, Treliving is able to sign him to a longer deal with a much lower price tag with the belief that the promising young player, with a move to the wing due to the signing of Bonino where he has been more productive, will continue to improve. Bonino's long-term signing brings in a proven winner and productive center who's two-way play can complement the skilled game of Bennett and Versteeg, who himself earned a high pay raise and 2 year deal. Chiasson earns a slight raise, Jankowski's strong AHL play proves he's an upgrade on Stajan, and Bouma and Hamilton fill out the bottom four forwards who will rotate through the fourth line based on performance.

This is just insane! No way Flames trade Brodie for Fleury. Versteeg at near 5m and Ferland for 4m is gross overpayment and Alzner for 2.5????!?!? These are way way way off market value.

The Flames didn't give up a 2nd rounder for Lazar just to trade him along with another 2nd rounder to get rid of Brouwer. That is a massive overpayment to Vegas in my opinion.

Versteeg wants to stay in Calgary so you could get him for much less than that.

Ferland has had one good year but still needs to prove himself to be a consistent producer to get that much money.

The Pens NEED to get rid of Fleury so it won't take that much to get him. Trading Brodie leaves a huge hole in the defence as Alzner is nowhere near as versatile as Brodie. This is a very unecessary overpayment.

A lot of red flags come up with these moves