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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
short turnaround? they've been 4 years in the wilderness already with no end in sight
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no need for the melodromatics.
They have an aging core with contracts expiring this year / next year. They have an albeit slow infusion of some younger & more exciting players into the lineup (Backlund, Baertschi, Brodie, Cervenka, Horak, Bouma), with some promising prospects gearing up for the NHL in the next couple years.
At this stage, the turnaround could indeed be short. And it could be accelerated by moving out some of the vets a bit quicker than their contracts will do naturally in the next couple seasons.
I agree that this could have been accelerated a few years ago, but by no means is there no end in sight. A natural rebuild is already slated for a couple years from now, based on the contracts the Flames have alone. So it's just a matter of who's brought in to fill those roles, and when.