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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Almost all the recent championship teams also had front loaded long term contracts on their team. This strategy is no longer an option. Pittsburgh and Washington recent cups had Crosby, AO and Backstrom on what would now be illegal contracts.
I don't completely disagree with you that going for a top 3 pick is a good option, I just think only if the situation presents itself. Gaudreau walks and I'm all for ripping it apart.
If not, if he resigns a long term extension I do believe that you can win by doing the other 3 thing you said is required to win well. I think if he have Johnny and Tkachuk signed long term this summer that if Treliving drafts well (the last few draft and move forward), makes good trades, and makes good UFA signings that this team could be very good very soon
What Gaudreau and Tkachuk get and what we do with the dead weight contracts will be key.
It doesn't hurt that Stockton might win the Calder cup lead by some very young promising players. This is part of drafting well and I feel we have drafted well in the last few draft and hopefully it continues
UFA - been the biggest concern to this point and more than likely won'tbe something we can look at this summer. But Monahan and Lucic are off the following so maybe that's our year?
I also think resigning your own players is key too. This might be Trelivings strength. It's a big part of why Tampa is so good. Hedman at $7.8 mil is an absolute steal. No state tax helps though.
We can all specualte what Johnny, Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Kylington's next deal are but until we see exactly what they are it's hard to say we should 100% rebuild. What if Treliving does well in this area?
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Oh yeah - I’m not screaming to rip it down if the Flames can retain Tkachuk and Gaudreau. Clearly the team has taken a step this year.
In my eyes the team does have a very real problem - how do you contend with McDavid and Mackinnon?
Not to jump to the off-season, as I think that Markstrom is going to come through and the story will change to “how did the Oilers blow a 3-1 lead”, but I do look at Kadri in free agency and it’s damn intriguing.