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Originally Posted by vektor
Say we win 5 in the first 20 games, we should start selling everything not named Backlund, Baertschi or Ramo. If we are that bad I hope the owners don't punish us by not even trying to turn things around. Worst case scenario, we lose Kiprusoff and Iginla for nothing, buyout Camalleri and finish dead last this season and next. The way things have been going the worst case scenario isn't that improbable, even the freakin Islanders are making noise this year, the Islanders.
Things are dire my fellow fans, that faint hope of a surge to the playoffs is already becoming dimmer. As our veterans age and depreciate our defense and our goalie struggle, the next year will decide the future of the Flames for a long time, our team is in Feaster's hands.
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I don't think you gut the team completely. Any RFA minus Butler and any player with a contract past two seasons should stay (barring a deal you can't pass up). Plus any young player that may be part of your future.
If you hold onto Hudler, Tanguay, Glencross, Backlund, Jones, Wideman, Giordano, and Brodie. Add Baertschi, Gaudreau, Ramo, Bouma, and Jankowski over the next couple of seasons.
Plus see what you have in Aliu, Breen, Byron, Horak, Reinhart, Street, Granlund, Arnold, DeBlouw, Culkin, Ferland, Gordon, Kulak, Sieloff, and Wotherspoon.
Now add whatever prospects you acquire from trade and in the draft for trading anyone else you can and you should have a solid start in turning this around.