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Old 02-13-2013, 06:09 PM   #138
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Originally Posted by Pointman View Post
Dunno, 2004 to 2007 or so Flames had a lot of assets. Iginla, Kipper, Leopold, Regehr, Lydman, Conroy. When Leopold fetches you in-his-prime Tanguay, you can tell you have some assets to work with. Support players Saprykin and Gauthier had enough value to bring back Langkow. And I didn't even mention Phaneuf on his ELC.
In essence all teams have the same basic assets over time, draft picks and money, what they do with them determines what 'stuff' they end up with.
The Flames under Sutter were casual with draft picks.
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