Quoting: MoxNix
Calgary says no thanks too. Garland isn't what they need and they won't have the cap space for him without moving someone higher paid than Kylington anyhow.
What Calgary needs is a top 6 sniper with some size (which they'll trade more for) and if they can't get that a Josh Anderson or a Craig Smith will do just fine. Otherwise they might as well just trade a defenseman or two for picks/prospects, stand pat on forwards until close to the trade deadline and see who's available then.
CGY already has Snipers, they need another Playmaker to set them up. Move Lucic & Valimaki and there's room for everyone. We'd likely lose Dube and/or Ruzicka to MTL for Josh Anderson as well, so that's an additional $9-10.35mil in combined Cap Space moved out. Prefer Garland over say Konecny and Pelletier on line 3 feeding Backlund & Josh Anderson might just work as well. Coleman on line 4 isn't ideal but he can be moved up & down as needed. Garland & J. Anderson could be swapped between lines 2&3 and both bring the Even Strength Secondary Scoring CGY needs
Huberdeau-Lindholm-Mangiapane
Toffoli-Kadri-C.Garland
Pelletier/Coleman-Backlund-J.Anderson/C.Smith
Rooney-Ruzicka/Lewis-Coleman/Virtanen
Rask/Aston-Reese-Duehr/Schwindt/Phillips
Hanifin-Andersson
Zadorov-Weegar
Mackey-Tanev
Gilbert/Meloche/A.Stralman/M.Stone
Might force us to move Zadorov, Toffoli, Backlund, Tanev or Hanifin in the off-season is all