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MarkGio · 03-01-2016, 01:25 PM

We still haven't finished tearing down. The following people still need to be replaced by the "rebuilt" pieces:
-- Stajan
-- Smid
-- Wideman
-- Raymond
-- Bollig

Other than Burke giving Stajan too much term, we always knew these guys were stop gaps. We just go lucky and it turned out Gaudreau didn't need a year in the AHL, Monahan didn't need another year or two in juniors, and so on. I assume the management team took into consideration that it was possible that some of our young guys might have needed more time to develop.

The plan hasn't changed? Based on how most of the veteran's contracts expire at the end of next season, it's clear that the Flames were expecting to finally have a built, competitive product at the start of the 2017-18 season.

03-01-2016, 01:25 PM	#28
MarkGio First Line Centre Join Date: Jun 2014 Exp:	We still haven't finished tearing down. The following people still need to be replaced by the "rebuilt" pieces: -- Stajan -- Smid -- Wideman -- Raymond -- Bollig Other than Burke giving Stajan too much term, we always knew these guys were stop gaps. We just go lucky and it turned out Gaudreau didn't need a year in the AHL, Monahan didn't need another year or two in juniors, and so on. I assume the management team took into consideration that it was possible that some of our young guys might have needed more time to develop. The plan hasn't changed? Based on how most of the veteran's contracts expire at the end of next season, it's clear that the Flames were expecting to finally have a built, competitive product at the start of the 2017-18 season.