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Originally Posted by Azhouse
Everyone is still bruised by the past and the long term crappy contracts to vets that were non-factors (Jokinen, Bouw (Iginla, Tanguay near the end??), and going back in the Sutter era - Friesen, Amonte). Getting into a bidding war on July 1 is not the answer. Youngish players with upside is what I want to see. I want the dressing room chemistry to progress and do want to see a re-creation of the jaded country club of days gone by.
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This is an understandable mentality. The downside to this is that we don't end up giving our strong pieces the support they need. It was fairly clear in the Anaheim series that the Flames need to be tougher to play against.
The difference between what we need now and what happened in 2009-2014 was that we were attempting to fill first line offensive roles with free agents and ended up with support pieces. Now we have the big first line guys and just need the support pieces.