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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I actually think it's the opposite.
Rebuilding teams can trade their best players away with cap retention.
One they have cap from trading people away, they have cap space to take on bad contracts.
All of this is incredibly valuable with the flat cap.
Add the fact that that Bedard and Michkov might be better than McDavid and Eichel, and this might be the best time possible to initiate a rebuild.
Don't get me wrong, the Flames obviously won't do it. But I think in terms of cap it would make more sense than people are letting on.
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There is a limit on how many players a team can retain salary on I believe. Also you are also assuming that the Flames will eat salary so they can suck badly and tank. I don’t see the owners signing up for that.
In terms of the upcoming prospects I don’t disagree but looking at this from a business perspective it makes no sense. I will fully accept the direction if they decided to tear it down but I would also cancel my season tickets as I have no interest in spending that money on a terrible team with no shot at the playoffs.
Having Sutter coaching the team and having a strong starting goalie in Markstrom I struggle to see this team being bottom 2. Bottom 10 sure but bottom 2 I don’t see it