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Originally Posted by The Cobra
He doesn't have to have 50 point years, if he increases it to 65, even 70 point years, he's hugely overpaid.
So since not all rebuild are successful, you never undertake them? There really isn't any choice. Once a team is aging and not a contender, there really isn't any other choice. I don't see that as a risk as much as "no viable alternative".
Calgary, due to cap constraints and UFA's do be, undoubtedly will need to run out a team that will have less viable players than last year, without any premium prospects on the horizon. Their hope is that a new coach will get more out of lesser players than Sutter did. There is certainly some chance they can be a playoff contender, although very much less likely they can be a cup contender.
The problem is, if that plan is not successful, the Flames window to rebuild quickly with premium younger assets obtained by rebuilding today may have closed somewhat.
Many of us believe the Flames should bite the bullet today when they can than delay to the inevitable and make the rebuild much longer.
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I agree the situation with so many pending UFAs is a supreme factor in what to do. If the top few want to abandon ship, then maximizing their return is critical. Still, there needs to be both a nucleus to build upon and an attraction factor to entice people to come. Huberdeau in my mind is one of those people that players want to play with (much like Gaudreau was). Getting rid of him means that attraction factor shifts to who - Kadri? Doesn’t work imo.
The main reason this debate about Huberdeau even started was the presumed return (moving up 3-4 slots in the draft). That isn’t anywhere close to enough, especially in a crap UFA year and without other “premium prospects” to trade for valuable players.