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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The team can't rebuild as long as guys like Huberdeau and Kadri are around, and to a lesser degree Markstrom. Trading off other players won't be enough to spark a full rebuild. Even if the team does bottom out and gets some high picks that turn into stars, we won't be able to pay them because of the anchors we have.
Yeah yeah, the cap will go up a bit, but so do player salary expectations. I don't see the cap going up enough to make those anchors insignificant.
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That's hyperbolic. By 2026 the only Flames under contract are Huberdeau, Coleman (one year left), Weegar, and Kadri. The bigger issue with the tear down rebuild is the pick in play in the Monahan trade IMO.
If they sign Lindholm and Hanifin to 8 year deals then it will be tough