Over the next 2-3 seasons the Flames really need to roll over some of these over priced veteran depth players to younger cheaper depth players, while at the same time the young core takes on more and more of the leadership of the room (not including Gio, who IMO isn't going anywhere).
This starts with Jones and Hudler this season IMO.
Next season it's Smid, Engelland, Wideman, Raymond and Bollig.
My hope is, that all of the above players will play well enough to return the Flames something via deadline trades, but that's probably not realistic, and in the end some of them might just walk into free agency.
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