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Originally Posted by Bingo
To me it's pointless to argue what strategy is best in today's NHL with the Flames near the bottom of the league in terms of where players want to play.
Doesn't appear they can keep players to the same degree. Likely can't attract them nor elite coaches or GMs.
If those are facts and not just an opinion (far from certain), hanging on to draft picks and drafting as much and as well as you can seems like the only path going forward until things change.
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100% agree with this. Winnipeg started down that road when they came back to the league and it led them to building some great teams. Then when stars inevitably don't want to be there, they don't pay them max or lose them for nothing.
They just attempt to make trades and get assets back regardless of where they are in the standings. That's how the Flames need to do it.