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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Giving up a bunch of assets and cap space two years into a rebuild only benefits the Flames how exactly?
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how should the flames conduct themselves under this 'rebuild'? how long should it last? one more year? three more years? Please, tell us, what does your crystal ball say?
should they use assets to acquire players in their prime to get better now? should they be concerned that in all likelihood their captain and (arguably) best player is on the wrong side of 30? should they trade gio and go full rebuild?
you can spin it, the term 'rebuild', however you want. The one thing I will state is that the flames are a lot closer to being a competitive team than the Leafs. They proved that last year. That said, this team could easily fall out of the playoff picture for 2-3 years if they aren't open to improving their team regardless of what the precieved notion of a 'rebuild' should look like. Adding phil kessel helps get this team right now. full stop.
Or maybe the flames organization should just put last year in their back pocket and be happy with that. I'm fairly certain that's how guys like brian burke conduct themselves.
Put it this way; the Flames, right now, are a whole lot closer to being a competitive team than the leafs were when they acquired kessel. If you think bruke and his hockey ops team are afraid to make a bold move to expedite a rebuild, you should give that some more thought.
Might not be Kessel, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see the Flames make a move this summer that has an eye towards the immediate instead of the distant.