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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
None of the UFAs value will ever be higher than it is this year and they are not going to be worth any length of contract given to them by a desperate team like the Flames.
Sell every single one of them for the highest value you can get and move on.
Regardless of the last week, the franchise has been treading water for a decade. Time to move forward on a new path, but with players who have room to grow and have potential.
Lindholm, Hanafin, Zadorov and Tanev are what they are and will get their peak career contracts next year and they will not be able to produce to to make it worth it for the life of the contracts.
Asset management means learning when an asset is not worth it to keep.
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That's great and for the most part I agree but they are not going to do that for a couple of reasons. First, the mandate from ownership was to try and win now, as long as they have a chance at playoff revenue Edwards is not going to be on board with selling everyone off. The biggest reason why I don't see it happening though is that mandate is what they sold Michael Backlund to return here. The guy signed an extension after saying repeatedly he wants to win and you think if the team is in a playoff spot they are going to trade away Hanifin and Lindholm as opposed to signing them if they can? That would be a hell of a thing to do to a player who has been with the franchise his whole career. I get it, most of us want to sell, sell, sell but if they are in the playoffs picture I can't see it. I think they will definitely move Zadorov regardless and Vladar as well if they can but that's it. They would probably walk Tanev to free agency and use him as a rental for the playoffs.