If Gaudreau and Tkachuk both end up leaving, which I am beginning to think is a likely scenario, the Flames are going to become a dumpster fire very quickly. I thought Forsberg might be a band-aid fix for Gaudreau and possibly help convince Tkachuk to stay, but that option is gone now.
No significant FAs will come to Calgary without a serious overpayment. And existing vets are going to flee as soon as they get a chance. The Flames could easily go from a team struggling to fit salaries under the cap, to a team taking on bad contracts just to hit the floor.
The only real positive is they will be collecting some high picks.
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