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Originally Posted by codynw
So, you want to have almost zero veteran players on the team? That's a great idea, reminds me of what Edmonton did and we all know how great their rebuild went!
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I guess you are new to the Flames roster and have no idea what the team is comprised of between Rookies and Veterans. Even if we trade away the pending UFAs mentioned before (Stajan, Stempniak, Cammalleri) we would still have more than enough veterans on the team to mentor / shelter the additional young kids brought up through the system.
Hudler
D. Jones
Glencross
Galiardi
McGrattan
Jackman
Backlund
Giordano
Wideman
SOB
Butler
Smith
MacDonald
Arguments could be made that an older guy like Street or B. Jones is actually a veteran even though he is inexperienced in the NHL specifically. Even Ramo and Berra are experienced professional players, they are only new to the NHL.
My point is that the Flames right now are pretty veteran-heavy for a rebuilding team that wants to inject youth. We obviously have room to shed a couple of veterans immediately as we have seen the team play better than expected with two of our best veteran forwards out of the lineup.
If Backlund suddenly became the oldest guy on the roster at the trade deadline then I would be more in agreement of your dramatic reaction.