Quote:
Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
You are ranking options 3 and 4
Options 1 and 2 are both better.
Keep them and give them good contracts, or
Trade them for assets
In no particular order
|
So what's a good contract for these guys? Do you think giving Lindholm 9 mill for 8 years would end well? They already have a lot of money tied up in older players (or players that will be old) and that's already hampering their cap situation.
Everyone talks about the "injection of youth" but the Flames don't really have any blue chip prospects, other than Wolf and with goalies who knows, to step into the lineup and make a diffference. And as for new coaching, we have no idea if they'll be bad but we also have no idea if they'll be good. The key players on the team are more likely to decline than improve.
I hope to God this team can somehow pull it together but this is just the same pattern it has been for years. They likely will do good because it's a good bad pattern, but the main issue is that they're never bad enough to get a good prospect and then they're never good enough to really make any noise in the playoffs.
I would rather let every UFA walk for nothing than give out long term deals to keep this team of "maybe" together. And as for signing them to good contracts, if they were going to accept good contracts, they would have by now. And if you're thinking about trading them for good assets, the market for the players they have doesn't seem great right now. You can say it's bad timing and blame it on anyth ing and everything but the franchise needs to find a way to take control and capitalize on their current situation.