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bubbsy · 05-21-2014, 04:29 AM

i think it would be great for the flames to land in the bottom 5 again this coming season which could really enhance our youth movement with a high skill player, and hopefully another top pick if we trade out some of the vets (ie. glencross), as the next draft (2015) is supposedly a doozy wiht high end talent.

after that, it's really upto our gm and management to get the stockpile of youth developed, but more importantly use their skills in asset management to build a team around the youth.

I don't think you have to go out and draft your entire top 6 forwards, top 4 dmen, and starting goalie (naturally that is the ideal but unlikely). With the assets collected (including free cap space) the GM must use the trade or free agent route to go out and fill the gaps. that is where we see a lot of these long rebuilds failing (oilers, panthers, islanders).

05-21-2014, 04:29 AM	#38
bubbsy Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Exp:	i think it would be great for the flames to land in the bottom 5 again this coming season which could really enhance our youth movement with a high skill player, and hopefully another top pick if we trade out some of the vets (ie. glencross), as the next draft (2015) is supposedly a doozy wiht high end talent. after that, it's really upto our gm and management to get the stockpile of youth developed, but more importantly use their skills in asset management to build a team around the youth. I don't think you have to go out and draft your entire top 6 forwards, top 4 dmen, and starting goalie (naturally that is the ideal but unlikely). With the assets collected (including free cap space) the GM must use the trade or free agent route to go out and fill the gaps. that is where we see a lot of these long rebuilds failing (oilers, panthers, islanders).