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Originally Posted by Poe969
I know its not a popular opinion and it'll make some people upset but man, next season looks like a perfect year to start a rebuild. The Flames aren't good enough. They have good players on good contracts (who would be amazing support players on great teams), they need to cut costs, there are a few teams like Buffalo who will be desperate for help and would probably overpay for help, there likely won't be ticket revenue next year anyway, if they build a team properly it should be a contender by the time the new arena opens, they'd be selling hope, they can probably get more picks at this year's draft which is deep....
It just makes so much sense to start a rebuild.
I'm fully expecting the Flames to trade away their first for a guy like Kumpner or whatever then overpay an older average at best UFA who does nothing and the team to be in even worse shape a year from now.
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I agrer that this team should be going into a rebuild, and will add that if they do it now they will be starting to turn the corner and generating excitement when the are set to move into the new building.
That being said, I think the owners will want this team to stay competitive, as they will want to sell as many tickets as possible when fans are allowed back in the stadium. They are most likely losing money right now and will want to recoup that money through ticket sales. Trading away their mareketable stars would have the opposite effect on ticket sales.
As much as I think a rebuild is the right way to go to get this team to be a Cup contender, going into a rebuild right now doesn't make financial sense for this team right now.