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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
This sounds an awful lot like the windup for another bust of an offseason.
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Ugh, based on what exactly?
Free agency starts TOMORROW, not yesterday, not today.
This is an unprecedented off season where almost all teams are in a salary crunch. Not cap crunch, salary. There will be a typical first day mayhem of some big names landing for big contracts, and then there's going to be a collective breath around the league as teams work to fill out a roster/lineup.
Guarantees for the Flames:
- we'll sign a goalie, or trade for one. Because we only have 1 unless they count on Zag or Parsons to play backup to Rittich. This may not be a big fish (Markstrom), it could be a mid level guy, it could be someone nobody's thought of because all other teams have to adjust their rosters still too.
- we'll sign one or two defensemen, or trade for a couple.
- we'll sign one or two wingers, or trade for a couple.
The only potential curveball is maybe we do a re-tool this year. Just because the 2020 draft wasn't involved in doing so doesn't rule it out, not even close. I'd say the list of safe players who won't be traded can be counted on one hand. There are many directions the Flames can go, and that won't be set until late December presuming a Jan 1 start of next season.