Jokipakka can play top 4. You lose him, and who do you replace him with in the short term? Wideman is very likely not going to play a full season with the Flames and will be gone IMO. Engelleand, Smid, Nakladal and the prospects are bottom pair guys.
I think the Flames are rounding the last turn on their rebuild. You have to go for it at some point, and I think it starts this season and next. History shows that guys' statistical primes are before they are 24. Now is the time to do it.
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