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Originally Posted by Username: Flames
I don't see this team making the playoffs next year. Winning the cup? Really? Do
You actually see that?
Last summer, I couldn't wait until the battle of Alberta rematch...but the season proved to be a team that couldn't string a solid winning streak together.
The replacements for Gaudreau (Huberdeau) and Tkachuk (Kadri) didn't replicate what they could do the year before and now they're a year older.
I'm not trying to be overly negative, it's just like I said before: just this once, I'd like the flames trade players who are on expiring contracts for a bunch of futures. Last time they did that was when they traded Curtis Glencross in 2015, where they still made the playoffs and even beat the Canucks.
I think that year they got lucky and got over zealous with signing veterans.
Brouwer, Neal, Coleman. Even Markstrom. Over paid vets who did not live up to what they were supposed to bring.
After 2015's run, Treliving never sold high on any players. Just traded futures. 1st and two 2nds for Hamilton. 1st and two 2nds for Hamnoic.
I would love to see, for the first time in like a decade, for the flames to trade Hanifin for a 1st and two 2nds. Or Lindholm for two firsts. Anything but trading for more aged players! Flames need youth.
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I'm saying that your criteria of "players who have won something" is never achieved until it's achieved. And while collecting draft picks is one way to try and win, its certainly no more certain than going about it the Vegas way.