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Originally Posted by moon
Why would Backlund and Ramo be included with Baertschi? There are a lot more guys that should be kept before those two.
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Ramo is the only potential #1 goalie we have besides Kipper
Backlund is our only NHL ready prospect right now (I guess you need to include Brodie too)
based on the trend of this team over the past few years if we falter again we need a complete overhaul by switching from a win now to a developing assets point of view. Giordano, Bouwmeester, Glencross, Tanguay, Cervenka etc. etc aren't going to develop much more than they are worth before their contracts are up (well maybe if Bouwmeester has a miracle return to grace). Sell everything that isn't going to develop any more because sooner as opposed to later the contracts are going to expire. There's not going to be a lot of guys like Hudler, Cervenka or Glencross that are going to stick around on this team if we are sitting in last season after season while we aren't developing significant potential. Imagine if we lose all those guys for nothing because they don't want to stay on the team after Kiprusoff and Iginla are no longer carrying the team.