This is a blessing in disguise. We lost two players that I believe wouldn’t have reproduced their magic to the same level again. Even if both stayed.
That magic included another less than stellar off season. JG less so that Chucky but both not what you want for 10MM each.
I think Markstrom needs to be shopped as well. He is only coming down and a GM may bet on the Vezina nod as a marker of elite. Which he can be but dude is cursed against the Oilers of all teams. We need to beat them to go anywhere for the next few years.
The only question, full rebuild or re-tool. Tough call. Getting 1st overall next year would set us up but its a long long shot. Re-Tool not sure I want Tre on that, but his drafting has been the best the Flames have done. So maybe him not touching any FA will allow him to focus on his strengths
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