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Originally Posted by Macho0978
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.
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If we build through the draft and end up with good players through the draft we will be stuck signing 2 or 3 year deals for some of them because we have old guys taking up the cap space. It seems pretty obvious that the best approach for the Flames is to sign young players for as long as possible coming out of their ELC. Those contracts worked for almost every single player they signed them to and in general across the league those contracts work. People were criticizing the Thompson contract last summer, now Buffalo look like geniuses.
Using up space and the signing Honzek to a 3 year deal in 2027 because we can’t sign him to a longterm deal would be the worst scenario. Have 7 guys over 30 for all I care as long as they make less than 20% of the cap space. Leave your cap space for guys in their 20’s.