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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Lindholm is worth 8-8.5M. The difference between 7.5 to 8.5 for a star (Hes a star/star light, not a superstar) doesnt matter. No team gets in cap problems because of the extra $500K-1M on a star (Now that 'star' can become garbage, but the extra $1m isnt the issue, its when the star stops producing)
The question is with the existing Flames contracts with term, can we win a cup or at least seriously challenge with or without Lindholm before these players are terrible contract ex stars?
I don't think we even come close to a real contender with this team and Lindholm in the next 2-3 years, and then we will be one of the most expensive and old teams.
Signing Lindholm signals "more of the same" and I think that's the main issue people have.
Now if we're going for more of the same, I guess going "all in" on 'more of the same' makes the most season. Sign Lindy, go get Nylander, and hope you have a goalie go on a magical run and worry about the contracts in 3 years.
But in doing this I think we just see 3 years of meh, followed by a forced long terrible rebuild stuck with aged expensive assets
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But if we build through the draft why do we have to be an old team in 3 years?
Clear out Tanev, Backlund, Coleman, Markstrom and replace them through the system you are left with just a few players over 32. Every great team has some key guys over 32. Most teams that win the cup are not top 10 youngest teams in the NHL either.