Disclaimer : I'm 100% a scorched earth rebuild guy.
That being said, how interesting is it that the flames enjoyed the kind of year they had without the highest drafted centers by the franchise, playing basically no part in it (monahan, Bennett). Gaudreau becoming a bona fide top 10 forward in the league has been a blessing for the flames. Otherwise, this entire rebuild would have been an epic waste of almost a decade.
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