I am sick of the direction of this team. I don't really think of this as a 4th straight year of the same because 2010 kind of took most of us by surprise. But this is the 3rd straight year the Flames have gotten off to a horrible start and basically said they were going for it. This by all accounts is the year to sell assets off for several reasons
1. Top 5 pick is likely to be a franchise changer
2. Having multiple picks moving into the draft and tons of cap flexibility can allow management to be active at the draft in terms of trades. Some teams will be trading off players to fit in the $64M cap and having an abundance of 1st and 2nd round picks the Flames can be in position to make those trades.
3. A bigger free agent pool. With plenty of buyouts considered the flames can be players in that pool
4. Sellers market. The shortened season will eliminate only 3-7 teams by the deadline. The flames have a nice mix of high and low cost pieces that should be for sale. Trade Iggy, Bouw, Kipper. Shop most of the roster around and see what can be had
This rebuild can be short of done correctly but if we don't become sellers then we might be in for a very long few years
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