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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Flames arent rebuilding this summer. Their chance to rebuild was last summer and get a haul of futures for Tkachuk, not lock into an aging Kadri and hold on to Monahan for his final year. Then sell off on other players as they saw fit. Probably get a top 7 prospect in a deep draft this season too. That was the chance. They are so deep into the opposite end of that now that a rebuild now would be 10x harder and longer to get out of.
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The Flames have 3 players under contract for longer than 3 seasons. They have Lindholm, Toffoli, Backlund, Hanifin, Tanev, and Zadorov all expiring after next season. This is absolutely a time when you rebuild. 6 players to sell-off on expiring contracts...that's when you do it.
Yep, would have been better to begin to do it last year - but they didn't. So do it now.