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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Would anyone be surprised if the Flames follow this stretch up with a 5-6-4 run or something to that effect? Does that change the narrative? Doing right by the franchise should not come down to how the team performs over a 15 game stretch (but it is so Flames). This team was supposed to be at peak performance last year and this year before age and contracts start to catch up with it.
Pivoting to extend the window now would be foolish when you can hopefully retool this season by moving Hanifin, Zadorov and Lindholm (I would even move Coleman given how well he's playing). Pairing whatever you get back in terms of young players and picks with Yegor, Rasmus, Weegar, Mangiapane, Backlund, Wolf, Poirier, Coronato, Zary, Pospisil and further down the rung with Morin and Honzek is the path forward.
You just hope that Kadri and Huberdeau can contribute enough in secondary roles for the franchise. Really, I don't see any reason the Flames can't re-invent themselves like the Stars did in a matter of 12-18 months if they commit to it and actually see it through.
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Extend the window or retool is a semantic game. Same thing. The core is now Huby, Kadri, Backs, Anderson and Marky. Those contracts are not going anywhere.