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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I think if Gaudreau is being traded, I’d take picks and prospects over an inferior winger. This organization really needs transcend and start doing things differently. This perpetual asset management game seems to almost ensure the Flames are always good, but never good enough. Bad, but not bad enough to ever draft top 3.
If next season Flames look like another rendition of the 2010-2013 Flames, then this franchise can kiss their hopes of overcharging fans in the new arena goodbye because no one is over paying to watch that filth.
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YOU may want to do that. It may even be the right move.
The problem here though is that it is extremely unlikely the organization moves in that direction.
Both Treliving and Sutter have two more years left on their deals after this one. Im not convinced that is merely coincidence.
They are not paying those two (a lot of money) to blow it up and rebuild...which is precisely what your deal would suggest.
They will deal Gaudreau and/or another core guy this summer... in a "hockey" trade.
Again, rightly or wrongly, this club will be looking to compete and get into the post season moving forward by retooling but a hard reset simply looks out of the question when you add it all up.