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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I also think that, moving forward, the Flames become more 'ruthless'. This isn't an attractive UFA destination - not until they go on a couple of deep playoff runs anyway, something that they haven't done since '04. So throw that out of the water. The mandate was to pay guys fairly on their deals. The UFA market has generally been awful for the Flames. So, be ruthless. "Sell" more often. When you have a piss poor season between good seasons, sell some players. Give yourself some cap hit, bottom out a little deeper and get a better pick. Take it as "Not our year", and regroup for next year.
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I sure hope you're right but I don't know that we've seen anything to indicate that's how the Flames will be managed vs the "sneak into the playoffs and anything can happen" approach.