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Originally Posted by 868904
If you really look at the flames forward core, it is essentially all home grown and drafted.
Majority of the recent cup winners made deals to supplement the forward core:
Kings trading Simmonds and Schenn for Carter and Richards was a ballsy move;
Pens acquired Kessel which allowed them to ice two formidable scoring lines;
The Hawks acquired Hossa to supplement their forward core.
So it wouldn't be out of the norm if the Flames acquired a top 6 forward rather than waiting for another one to develop internally. The most recent cup winners all made deals to acquire top 6 veteran forwards to supplement what they developed internally.
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Without giving up the 2019 1st round pick, valamaki, or Anderson, and more the flames likely don't have the assets to acquire a legitimate top 6 winger with term.
They either need to double down and really go all in, or stay the course and continue to build a team that will be competitive for the long haul & strike when the time is right.
I don't think this is the year the Flames do it. If all goes as good as you could reasonably expect, I can see them getting to the conference finals, but have a hard time seeing them getting through the central division. I can't see them beating Winnipeg or Nashville.