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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I mean, they didn’t bring Sutter off the farm to rebuild.
If you bring in Eichel, jettison Monahan and Gaudreau, and build down the middle with Eichel, Lindholm and Backlund, I think there’s lots to like about the rest of the roster.
Our big issue seems to be a glaring lack of star power. We have fine secondary pieces, but we might have the most easily-neutralized collection of “stars” in the league.
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I agree with this. Some are saying if the Flames part with guys like Monahan, Gaudreau, Gio and our first or guys like Zary we would be just as bad as Buffalo. I disagree as I believe Buffalo is in a very bad unfixable spot because they have Okposo and Skinner at $15 mil. Take that off the books and they could easily load up and keep Eichel. It's killing that franchise.
Doesn't help that Hall is a UFA and Reinhart and Risto are getting close to being a UFA. They could fix this team in a few years but Eichel isn't giving them that option.
The Flames have Lucic but IMO he has been more valuable that Skinner and Okposo have been and he is costing the Flames less in cap space.
If the Flames trade guys like Gaudreau, Monahan and Zary and maybe 1 first to get Eichel their roster isn't that bad
A lot of talk about Phillips and Ruzicka. Why having more top end talent makes it easier to build a team is there usually is more spots for youth to come up and make the team. I'm not saying these guys replace Johnny and Monny but with Eichel they don't need to.
Pellitier/Zary also have more room to crack the roster. If we could keep 1 and acquire Eichel there is top 9 room for these guys as well
If all these prospects flop then we miss the playoffs and add another top end prospect. I'm sure if the Flames miss the playoffs once maybe Eichel will be ok with it. Complete rebuild he may not want to be a part of that but I believe we can add Eichel and not completely rebuild if we move some guys to a 3rd team to load up an offer to Buffalo