[_Q_]

Originally Posted by EddyBeers

You would have to be an idiot to think that 14 new players is not a complete overhaul.

The Flames have shifted in four everyday dmen, 8 everyday forwards since that year. They have kept 2 everyday dmen and 4 everyday forwards and brought back McGratton from the dead.

What would you call bringing in 14 new players and keeping 9 from that team, status quo?

Trading the guys you mentioned would be same old same old, get rid of the supporting pieces (not like the Flames have not done that before, from the 2010 they have got rid of Bourque, Langkow, Jokinen, Phaneuf, Nystrom, Moss, Regehr, White, Kotalik, Higgins amongst others). All you are suggesting is getting rid of the other top dmen and forwards other than Iginla, just like they did with Phaneuf, Regehr, Bourque, Jokinen, Langkow etc. )

I overhauling the team with the same type of player is status quo. Yes, replacing aging one dimensional veterans with aging one dimensional veterans isn't going to turn this team around.