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Originally Posted by FAN
This is a good deal for both sides. The Sedins look like players who can keep up their production. The cap is going to go up and it beats handing out 7 year contracts and $$$ for free agent replacements.
If the cap continues to go up, the Sedins remain first line players, and Luongo remains a #1 goalie, those three players are actually at a very good cap hit for their roles.
Not quite true. They drafted Schneider (turned into a top 10 pick), Hansen, Edler, and Hodgson (turned into Kassian). Regardless, the biggest difference is that the Canucks are still a playoff team and have been one for the past 5 years and likely will make it again. The Flames have missed the playoffs 4 straight years and will likely miss the playoffs again. As exciting as this season has been with the play of Monahan, this rebuild does not figure to be a quick one or easy one and we've already suffered through those 4 years of missed playoffs. The Canucks on the other hand are rebuilding on the fly. They've managed to stay competitive without drafting well by making good UFA signings. It's not that we haven't made decent UFA signings it's just that our signings did little to change the fortunes of the team except make the team a little bit more competitive resulting in a lower draft pick.
So ya the Flames' future looks better than the Canucks but it should be. But it doesn't change the fact that the Flames obtained that brighter future by suffering through years of missing the playoffs.
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That is not rebuilding on the fly, it is prolonging the inevitable.