If the Flames can keep Talbot's salary low and his contract short, I'd be happy to have the same goalies back from last season. Both guys can play to a #1 starter level, and the Flames should have a better read on them now and how to deploy them.
With that out of the way, they can start looking at restructuring the roster from the defence out. To my mind, they've already got enough talent on the roster at the back-end, but could swap some of the younger guys for some cheap but experienced veterans back there.
The real focus is then up front, and that all depends on who is available for trade. Signing Hall is good, but only for the right dollar figure and term, and I worry that's not going to work. But a young #1 center remains the big need, and it's impossible to know who might be available without knowing the GM scuttlebutt.
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