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Originally Posted by Vinny01
You want the Flames to sell?
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The concept of sell and buy is a bit of a binary. I think that the Flames will exist in the grey area, especially with the likes of Stone and Lazar, both players who could fir on other rosters but not necessarily the Flames. I think that it would be prudent to collect a few more draft picks before picking up a rental. So its not really a sell, it is more like liquidating some assets to invest in a rental.
A reminder is that the Flames only have picks in round 1,3,4,5,7. Which is slim pickins especially since the flow of prospects outside of Dube and Valimaki has dried up. I think to build sustainable success, teams in the playoffs absolutley have to draft well, and in order to do that you need more tickets to the lottery.
I know that this season is very strong, and is probably the closest the Flames have been to being contenders in a while, but I would like for that to happen season in and season out, and in order to do that they need to make good on their non essential assets. Imo, draft picks, especially when you make the playoffs and are in a cap crunch, are absolutely essential.