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Originally Posted by shutout
From the HAT's mailbag
https://theathletic.com/4724482/2023...-office-kings/
Have to believe that the Flames organization is thinking this exact way.
Keep your good players, change them out when they age, become to expensive, or don't want to stay. Bring in younger players that can play and have upside and continue to be competitive.
Tear it to the ground, burn it to ash, and piss on the ashes kind of rebuild that most fans want to see does not work the majority of the time and teams will only embark on the path if there is no way forward. They would prefer to retool and renovate than rebuild. This is the direction the Flames are going. |
The Flames didn't have to burn it to the ground as there was a reported offer with Carolina for Tkachuk that would have had us receiving Necas, a 1st and a top prospect, with some other pieces possibly involved.
Necas went on to lead Carolina in points, we could have added another 1st in a draft no one wanted to trade them - players like Nadeau (Suniev's linemate) and Cristall amoung a number of others were available with the 30th pick and we would have added another young prospect to the cupboards.
I think doing a move like that would have been good for the organization in the long run, much in the same vein as the Hamilton trade did. We acquired Lindholm before he broke out and it seems the same could have happened with Necas.
Hindsight and all but just because we went with a more futures based deal for Tkachuk doesn't mean we would have been going full on rebuild mode.