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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
No, it isn't. The purpose of the Heat is to support the Flames. Period. The interests of the Flames should trump those of the Heat in every way, and at all times.
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That's pretty shortsighted. The interests of the Heat are closely related to the interests of the Flames during a rebuild. It helps the future of the Flames for the Heat to have a long playoff run and help develop Baertschi, Wotherspoon, Granlund (if healthy), Reinhart, Hanowski, Ortio, Jooris, Knight, Sieloff, etc and potentially late additions like Agostino, Gaudreau, Arnold, Kulak, Culkin. Several of those players may be full time Flames next year and several more the year after.
In addition it does nothing for us for the Flames to have a slightly better 4th line the rest of this season. Being slightly worse and finishing lower for the higher draft pick is arguably more important long term.