What the... Cale Hulse? We traded for Cale Hulse? Why? He's at best a 5th-6th defenceman. Are we stocking up on depth for the playoff run?? Which is quite possible, but now we have Robyn Regehr and Leopold, Hamrlik (once he comes back from injury) and Phaneuf, Warrener and Ferrence, Marchment, Giordano, Richie Regehr and now Hulse as well... Depth never hurts I guess and we didn't really give anything up to get Hulse...
I'm thinking that maybe Hulse was brought in to play as a 5th-6th D-man so that we can offer Warrener or Ferrence (in combination with some forwards, likely Kobasew and another player) in a trade to get somebody like Jokinen to provide us with a number one centreman to complement Iginla. Why Kobasew? Because we have to offer up somebody whose got potential and it's either Kobasew or Lombardi and I think Lombardi has stepped up more so then Kobasew. Also, Dustin Boyd is more of a Kobasew type replacement than a Lombardi replacement, so we won't be missing out on much once Boyd comes up within the next 2 years or so. Or possibly, Brent Krahn will be shipped out if Florida is looking for a goalie with good potential to replace Luongo if they end up losing him as rumours state. Oooh... going to be interesting what trades happen before the trade-deadline comes up next week.
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Yeah, what a blockbuster! I think the Flames should trade for Martin Gelinas for the playoffs. Cale Hulse isn't gonna get you anywhere but at least he's better than Marchment and Ference.
Who did we trade for Hulse?
Wasn't he a flame in the "Young Guns" days?
Yeah... the Young Guns... what a bust, haha... Weimer was part of the Young Guns as well. So was Todd Simpson, Denis Gauthier and Derek Morris. Whose left? Well, both Weimer and Hulse got brought back after years of separation. :P
We traded someone from the minors. Cam Severson. He's played a handful of NHL games for other teams. Didn't lose out on much. He's a journeyman minor-leagurer with potential as depth, that's about it.
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