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Originally Posted by 868904
It’s actually a really good time to rebuild and cut costs. This year there’s no revenue so just get rid of all the big salaries for picks and prospects. Next year, no one know how that will look. Will fans flock back or will it only be at 50% or 75%? What if there are more covid variants? With so much uncertainty, it’s a good plan to operate at the cap floor.
Plus you start the rebuild now, by the time the new building is up, you should be right in that competitive window again.
There’s also a generational type talent in next years draft.
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The way I see it, there's an upside and a downside to trading away assets.
The problem is that hardly anyone has cap space. If you trade players away for picks, you'll only get pennies on the dollar unless cap is retained.
The positive is that once you have the cap space, it's very valuable. You'll have a lot of leverage over teams in future trades.
It evens out IMO. Luckily, most of the Flames valuable players have pretty good contracts. Lindholm is extremely underpaid and probably shouldn't be traded. Gaudreau and Monahan have pretty good contracts, but they're expiring soon. Tkachuk's contract is probably the worst of the bunch, but even he's an RFA upon expiration. So a team like Buffalo that values control could see a lot of value in this. Gio would probably have quite a bit of value of his cap was retained. Backlund would have value if the Flames took some cap back. Even Rittich could have value if teams are desperate for backups at the trade deadline.
In general, I agree it's a good time to rebuild. It might hurt at first, because you m ight not get the value you want if you're trading players away. But in for the long term, it would be great. Especially with another 2 years of flat cap and a strong 2022 draft.