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PepsiFree · 02-24-2017, 03:08 PM

I get the "this isn't the year to mortgage the future" sentiment, but being realistic, this might be exactly the year.

Weak draft, Flames are close, and we have a nice group of guys who look like they're 1-2 years from making the jump to fill out our bottom group (Janko, Andersson, Kylington, etc).

Now IS the time to start trading in those future chips to improve your team right now. We've got Monahan, Gaudreau, Hamilton, Brodie, Bennett, and Tkachuk. Gio isn't getting younger, you've got solid additional guys like Backlund, Frolik, Ferland, Stone, and good roleplayer/fill-ins like Versteeg, Engelland, Stajan...

I have to ask, if not now... what exactly are we waiting for? It should be noted that if the Flames just wait and wait until everything lines up just right, then they're going to miss the window and suffer through another rebuild.

IMO - now is the time to start buying, and continue that through next season and beyond.

02-24-2017, 03:08 PM	#71
PepsiFree Participant Join Date: Jul 2015 Exp:	I get the "this isn't the year to mortgage the future" sentiment, but being realistic, this might be exactly the year. Weak draft, Flames are close, and we have a nice group of guys who look like they're 1-2 years from making the jump to fill out our bottom group (Janko, Andersson, Kylington, etc). Now IS the time to start trading in those future chips to improve your team right now. We've got Monahan, Gaudreau, Hamilton, Brodie, Bennett, and Tkachuk. Gio isn't getting younger, you've got solid additional guys like Backlund, Frolik, Ferland, Stone, and good roleplayer/fill-ins like Versteeg, Engelland, Stajan... I have to ask, if not now... what exactly are we waiting for? It should be noted that if the Flames just wait and wait until everything lines up just right, then they're going to miss the window and suffer through another rebuild. IMO - now is the time to start buying, and continue that through next season and beyond.