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Originally Posted by fleury
Getting a good return will probably be hard for some guys all things considered. Crappy cap situation across the league, and the crappy draft ahead, what's the benefit of dealing away one of our big three forwards, for a really dicey draft pick? All three are tradable (Johnny's salary is a plus, Monahan's production to his salary/position are plusses, Tkachuk's skillset is worth a gamble to teams). But if the return is just a first rounder + random picks, it's not worth it for any. Which makes me wonder if taking on a bad contract for a year if the other teams can bump up the return, would be gold in this market. And no, I'm not advocating Skinner because that term is untradeable under any circumstances with Lucic on the books.
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Because cap space is king and you need to rebuild thr culture from the ground up. You are right...the Flames likely have a 2-3 year reload ahead to get out from Gio, Lucic, Brouwer etc. However at least you can build a winning culture from the ground up. Sutter + Lucic + ??? are the kind of leaders you want to build a winner around.
Man...that last sentence was shocking...I tried to think of leaders on the team that have a winning history in the NHL...