Fletcher got a lot of work done this summer. Made some big and risky trades to revamp an area of need, traded a long time core member in a one for one shakeup deal, re-signed their most important pending UFA to a max contract and just signed their top young forward to a long term deal.
I don’t love everything Fletcher has done but I don’t hate it and I respect that he remained committed to change. We heard at the deadline the Flyer and Flames did the most pre work for the summer and here you have Calgary losing their captain and using the cap space to sign a 30 year old middle 6 left shot forward to a 6 year deal.
I am sorry I know there is still time but this has been an unbelievably brutal offseason so far. I really hope the Flames can pull off the Eichel deal or at least get involved in the dominos that could follow but if this is the team they start the season with I am not happy
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