Markstrom isn’t an impossibility to move IMO and even if you could right now I see no reason to offload so soon on Huby or Kadri, neither are James Neal 2.0 and both deserve a look under a new coach and new direction. The only contract I’d look to trade that has term left past next season is Markstrom and I could easily see a team in the east that is close to pushing into the playoffs like Buffalo or Ottawa or Pitty taking a flyer on him.
Contracts we should be actively shopping this off-season
Markstrom
Toffoli
Tanev
Dube
Contracts we should be actively trying to extend this off-season
Hanifin
Kylington
Lindholm
Backlund (name captain)
Zadorov
This team finished 2 reg wins outside the playoffs with a coach that was creating a toxic environment and while I don’t want the sentiment of ‘get in and anything can happen’ to be the Flames motto going forward when you look at Florida so far this playoffs I look at the flames roster and think we aren’t that far off especially if some of the roster can push back closer to their career averages under a more modern style coach. The center depth of Lindholm, Kadri and Backlund while aging is still very solid and something we shouldn’t be looking to lose, if we do I think it would be a major reason to push into a full on rebuild which I don’t think is the current mandate of the Flames.
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