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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Gaudreau + Backlund + 2nd - I would do easily
Gaudreau + Backlund + 1st - I would do somewhat reluctantly
I am less attached to our 2014 1st rounder because I think it is much more likely to be a 5-10 pick than a 1-5 pick. Seguin is a good player now who I think will be a top 15 player in the league in a couple of years.
I understand people's reluctance and they may be right, however I am probably more bullish on Seguin than most and also less convinced that the Flames will be a bottom dweller than most.
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I like your optimism and usually I have the rosiest of glasses on when it comes to the Flames but once Kipper confirmed his retirement that was the last nail in the coffin for me for next season.
Considering these factors:
- Our rebuilding team with at least three of our best players being replaced by rookies
- Goaltending situation (MacDonald & Ramo / Berra)
- The new division (ANA, CGY, EDM, LAK, PHX, SJS, VAN)
I think we are going to get smashed next season. The Panthers are very likely to get hammered too considering their new division but I think they are the only other team that truthfully should be competing with us in the basement of the standings. Nashville could be there too but I am expecting Rinne to steal more games for them than MacDonald will steal for us.
Also, with a full season in front of us it will be a lot harder for teams to engage in the kind of rapid tanking that we saw last season in the shortened schedule.
That is why I would say that our 2014 1st round draft pick should most definitely be "untouchable" or valued as a 1st/2nd overall pick.