This feels like an issue when Sutter is with the organization. It feels even more magnified this season with some young players doing well on the farm and the big club getting significantly older in the off-season specifically swapping out Tkachuk for Kadri which is a 7 year age difference.
It does feel like with the new contracts and some of the current contracts there will be some 30 something guys moving on in the next 1-2 years for guys like Zary, Pelletier, and Coronato. If the flames want to avoid going into a long painful rebuild in the next 2-3 years they will need those guys, Wolf, Poirier etc be able to make the team and make an impact.
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