I'd like to see where the Flames are at the trade deadline before making a call on rebuild or not.
This team as assembled is not a 14th place team... I think we have a ton of existing assets - Hudler, Wideman, Tanguay, Iginla, Glencross, Kipper, Jaybo, Gio, Cervenka all have a bunch of value if you traded them right now... but holy crap, they have a bunch of value to us right now too. With a run of 4 or 5 games in a row, we would be right in the middle of the West play off battle. The Flames are unlucky to not be solidly in a playoff spot right now despite playing fewer games than the a lot of the other guys. 11 Games is not a large enough sample to know what this team is right now (or even going forward).
I am tired about talking about rebuilds. I do like the idea of managing our assets correctly, and if we are indeed in a place where we are not going to make playoffs, dealing some fringe assets to increase our drafting prospects, but the 2013 Flames don't suck, so why do we want to blow them up?
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