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Originally Posted by dustygoon
Agree. Especially about the Canadian market part.
We focused on staying below Gio's "cap" to save room for older mid's.
If we instead bet the farm on talent at younger ages, then we are in a different position. And it wouldn't have been that wild of a bet given how players were trending.
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That would be false.
Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson (and Hamilton before that) all got 6+ years. That was the majority of the young core at the time. This board acts like the Flames bridged their entire core, which wasn't the case at all.
The only "young" Flames that didn't were:
Bennett: Thankfully they didn't give him $7M+ after his rookie season
Tkachuk: Didn't work out, unfortunate to not get him on a 8 year deal but from what I heard the player didn't want that either. If Tkachuk wanted to be here, he would still be here, and nothing would have prevented him from demanding the trade even with a contract.