[Poe969]

But they don't have picks to make moves, they simply just have picks like every other team. They are given those picks like every team and unlike the Flames most teams use those to keep building their system. The Flames have picks and they simply shouldn't trade them or the bleak future will look ever worse. If they had 6-7 extra picks over the next year or two they would have a surplus of picks to make moves...they don't. The way the team is trending, they will more likely trade picks and young players in "win now" moves.

Not the worst position to be in...but has to be in the bottom 5. Teams who are close to being serious contenders can afford to move picks because they have a young enough team and still have prospects. The Flames don't have a surplus of picks, are nowhere near being considered contenders and have a weak prospect pool. Trading picks and young players to win now would be a horrible move.