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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Scrubs and journeymen is exactly what free agency has brought to the Flames under Treliving. You should know by now that free agency is not how you build a team, especially a western Canadian team.
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The Flames have never been a contending team with cap space under Treliving. I suspect this would make a significant difference in three years time. Besides, with more and more players entering UFA in their mid-twenties this becomes a more viable approach to team building. Most likely the Flames will re-sign one of Gaudreau or Tkachuk and move the other for a package of valuable younger players/picks.
In the end, the point is that the team will have options and opportunity in three years to extend their window. It's not going to abruptly slam shut.