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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
The Flames aren't in first in the West by fluke and lack of depth.
The Stone price was far too high trade wise and more importantly what LV is paying him now on a new extension there is no way i would want to see the Flames paying Stone 9.5 mil per meanwhile Johnny, Monahan and Lindstrom are all under 7. That would have thrown the team off balance and Tkachuk would be expecting about the same.
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We have a young core that has had a great season to date. The Flames were predicted to be in the playoff rush and we're certainly exceeding those expectations.
This team with this young core is far from being an annual top 3 contender 3/4ths through this first successful season. Who knows if this is a successfully built core for long playoff runs. Something I'm certainly excited to see and why sports is so intriguing.
Future indeed looks bright - but let's not put the cart before the horse.