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RobotTalk · 10-25-2023, 11:52 AM

I don't think the Flames WANT to go into a rebuild but looking at their personnel, contract structure, prospect pipeline, and on-ice results across 1+ season and two head coaches I don't see how they can escape one.

We're trending towards progressively worse finishes over the next few years while coming up against the cap - we don't really have a way to escape a rebuild and by rebuild I mean finishing poorly/drafting high and losing top players (Hanafin/Lindholm/Zadorov/Tanev/Mangiapane/Andersson/Sharangovich/Duehr are all headed to UFA in the next two seasons).

This team will look vastly different 3 seasons from now - hopefully Conroy starts restocking the prospect pipeline so we can start trending upwards by then instead of ongoing mediocrity.

10-25-2023, 11:52 AM	#373
RobotTalk Farm Team Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Exp:	I don't think the Flames WANT to go into a rebuild but looking at their personnel, contract structure, prospect pipeline, and on-ice results across 1+ season and two head coaches I don't see how they can escape one. We're trending towards progressively worse finishes over the next few years while coming up against the cap - we don't really have a way to escape a rebuild and by rebuild I mean finishing poorly/drafting high and losing top players (Hanafin/Lindholm/Zadorov/Tanev/Mangiapane/Andersson/Sharangovich/Duehr are all headed to UFA in the next two seasons). This team will look vastly different 3 seasons from now - hopefully Conroy starts restocking the prospect pipeline so we can start trending upwards by then instead of ongoing mediocrity.