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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
What upsets me the most and why I am glad we didn't get O'Reilly is the overall concept of value. It is something that Flames management has misunderstood for quite some time now and it is the reason that we will end up paying more than other teams and be less successful than them at the same time.
If you look at just about every playoff team, you can point to the majority of players on their team and say with certainty, that they are playing up to the level or exceeding the value of their current contract. You need players playing outside of their contract.
How many players can you say that about on the Flames? How many millions do we routinely have sitting out - 4.5 at least between 2 Dmen?
How do you acquire value? It generally isn't through free agency, where you pay lots for mediocrity. It usually happens through drafting, resigning your own RFAs and occasionally trades. Rarely do you get full value on contracts on players who have been UFAs.
Paying huge dollars for ROR isn't going to get you the value you need. Especially if Feaster has evaluated him as a Franchise player.
The Flames need to refocus on the draft in order to acquire value.
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Exactly.
Free agents and trade acquisitions are expensive, which is fine, but you can't build your team with them. You can only supplement the final peieces with them.
The only free assets are draft picks. Each pick that becomes a player adds to your asset base. And they are less expensive than free agent acquisitions.
Build through the draft first, then supplement with free agents or trades.