I hope the Flames push all in for as long as Gaudreau is a member of this team and is still in his prime.
Trade any and all picks to take shots in the playoffs. We don't need mid to late first rounders impacting our 2nd/3rd lines 5 to 6 years from now when Gaudreau is 34/35.
If you can't catch lightning in a bottle before Gaudreau leaves/ages, a rebuild is required to replenish his game breaking talent which can only come from high high 1st rounders. If that's next year fine. If that's 5 or 6 years from now that's fine too.
The benefit of baring the cupboards now is we won't have gooey middle replacement middle six players acquired the next few drafts and that will almost certainly put us in a position to draft really high when we do choose to rebuild.
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