The GM should not be using any assets to address needs on this team. If this team can pull a string of wins together and do some damage in the playoffs, I'm all for it.
However, if the team is not successful, this is a great year for it: shortened and compressed season, deep draft, lots of contracts on the Flames expiring or with 1 year left, lots of other teams suffering injuries, etc...
The plan is pretty obvious here IMO. Hope that the team can find some cohesion or wait until the deadline and sell off anyone who will bring a return. At no point should the Flames be acquiring large assets this season.
The off season is when the search for a centre begins.
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