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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The Flames have to go scorched earth because they have spent picks with reckless abandon for the last 15+ years.
If the Flames had that kind of draft quantity they wouldn't have to go scorched earth either, but they don't, so they do.
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No they don't.
They have a team full of assets with value that could be retained or moved for other valuable assets. If moved they could be in exchange for different players or futures.
This isn't a team with say Jarome Iginla and nothing else, and Iginla is a year away from free agency.
2012 the Flames had an old roster and they missed the playoffs. They had Backlund, Irving, Brodie, Baertschi and Reinhart as their prospect base and really nobody else under the age of 25. That's a rebuild. That's scorched Earth.
This team has Giordano at 36, a UFA goaltender at 31, soon to be UFA Ryan, Lucic and Backlund north of 30, and most contributors in the 23-27 range.