Deal.

Seems like an absolute win to me.

Ottawa declines that. The difference between Joseph and Barnashev isn't much and Jospeh makes about 2 mil less.

So calgary gives you our top line winger for 2 fourth liners and retains salary?

I can see this being a realistic deal to be honest yes kuzmenko is a good top 6 winger but he has shown some inconsistency early in his career. He is not that young and on a expiring deal. A guy like kuzmenko strikes me as the type of guy who is gonna want about 6-7.5 million dollars on a 6-8 year deal and I just don’t think he is worth that. The two assets going to Calgary are not just 4th liners. These guys are very good assets. They are are both entering their primes and no they are not massive point producers but they are the type of guys who teams look for to win championships. Just solid all around players. The retained salary is not a massive deal because it’s not a whole lot and it’s only for 1 season. I could see the knights adding at most a second rounder or like two fourths. This is just my opinion

I get where you are coming from but I don’t think you are looking at it correctly. Joseph is a solid 3rd line player who can produce and sometimes can even be a bit gritty which is an amazing trait. Barbashev is a very good top 6 forward and has proven again and again that he can produce at an elite level plus he can pick up speed too. These players are both very close in age but barbashev is by far the better player. I think this trade would 100% benefit both teams greatly. As for the draft picks, I believe that would be necessary for a deal like this because there is no way these to could be traded one for one. One final thing that I think adds to barbashev is that he has proven that he can perform incredibly in the playoffs which is what truly sets him apart from Joseph.

It still makes no sense for the Flames, our biggest problem is we can't score, so we trade one of our top offensive guys for 2 players combined with less points? And they're not much younger. We already don't have enough roster spots for our own players and neither guy is much of an upgrade on what we already have if at all.

I get where you are coming from but logistically this would be a beneficial for both teams. All I think that could be added here is a second going to the flames

You're going to have to explain to me how it's beneficial for the Flames, because they'd both be 12/13th forwards on our roster.

No offence but the flames 4th line is atrocious. Adding all around good young depth guys would really benefit this team. And the flames problem is not totally scoring, it is overpaid players

Our depth is fine, we have 7 middle 6 wingers on the team. The problem is we have no top line talent. Adding 2 more guys who aren't going to move the needle does nothing to improve the team. As for overpaid players we currently only have 1, some contracts may not age well but they're not hurting us now.