Quote:
Originally Posted by Niemo
The absolute worst thing about rebuilding is that we don’t have our 2025 1st round pick and there’s no protection outside of Top 1. We can’t “tank” until 2026. If Lindholm doesn’t resign, best case is to sell off UFAs now, get a top 10 pick this year and several high end assets, then trade for expiring (next season) useful players for assets and sign all these decent players on 1 yr deals to sneak in next year.
|
The Flames have top 10 protection in that pick the only way the Habs can get the second overall pick is if the Flames lands there AND Florida also picks in the top 10 of the same draft. Highly unlikely.