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Originally Posted by Poe969
It's not that we don't have patience for a rebuild, we're just nervous if it'll happen.
Will they sell high on everyone and rebuild?
Will they resign everyone and say the answers are in the room?
Will the sign some guys and trade others and keep the team in limbo?
We still have no idea what direction they'll go. Most of us will have patience for a rebuild, but we won't have patience for a "just make it in because anything can happen" style team again.
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I think the team is seriously looking at what they can get in a trade for, for example, Lindholm, and what it will cost to sign him, and judging what's best for the team.
We think Calgary is "selling high" but who knows what the market is? The pro is that Calgary has some of the best pieces on the market in a week UFA year, but the con is that most teams are exceptionally cap strapped. The other con is that the 2023 draft is considered so strong that many teams are very reluctant to move those draft picks.
The market for players is seldom static. We just saw that the market for Taylor Hall, a 31 year old player who drives offences and is signed to a pretty reasonable 2-year deal at $6M. Little risk to the team getting him. And he was basically moved for nothing. That market was simply a function of available cap space.
And that decision likely rests with Murray Edwards.
I doubt it rests with Conroy.