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Originally Posted by MarkGio
There's a lot of players I can't see being apart of that championship build.
Ramo, Hiller, Raymond, Jones, Stajan, Engelland, Bollig, Backlund and Colborne.
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Add Wideman, Smid
Disagree on Colborne.
I like Backlund and Stajan too but they are paid too much for what they contribute.
Hudler is valuable but may be more valuable as a trade chip. Same with Russell.
I don't necessarily see enough top end talent in the organization to replace and improve on all of the above. If Hudler and Russell could get you a high end forward prospect, that is something Flames needto do this year. And just gut out next year when so many of the bad contracts (Wideman, Engelland, Smid, Raymond) go away. No sense trading those guys because you'll just have to take back another bad contract. Deadline next year could net you a return for Wideman.