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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The only two that apply to the flames are those two options because of the decisions they have made up to this point.
The reason scorched earth is necessary is because off the boom and bust cycle the flames have employed for 20 years.
If you're the St Louis blues you don't need to go scorched earth.
When you're making the least amount of picks in the entire league over a 5 year period you absolutely have to go scorched earth.
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Once again ... no
Those aren't the only two that apply. You are literally jumping in lock step with the sunk cost fallacy.
These are human beings. They change over time. They become different finished products than you expected, or fit together in a way that you didn't envision.
With that you can change the course by managing the asset value of all your players, and the total asset value as a whole in an effective manner.
The Flames probably have about 25 assets that have an accumulated team value. That value is currency that can be used to alter the team in the near and medium term. Teams don't have to go scorched Earth or all in as the only two options.
I like rebuilds, I do. But rebuilding when Iginla, Kiprusoff and others are pushing deeper into their 30s is a different equation than a team with relatively young impact players that just don't seem to be the sum of their parts.