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Originally Posted by Psytic
Nashville moved some guys last year while in the hunt and they are no worse for wear. They look pretty good this year to. It’s just good asset management to move UFAs unless you are an actual contender.
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The only UFA they traded was Granlund for a 2nd round pick. Ekholm and Neiderreiter both had term left on their deals and Jeannot was a pending RFA. They also lost Eeli Tolvanen on waivers which would get a GM the dunce sentence from many here.
So yes they sold, but I think they wanted a major shift as it was around that time they announced Poile would be moving aside for Trotz. They still bought out Duchene, and ate 50% of RyJo's contract to give him away after the season concluded.
I don't know if the Flames have the appetite to jetison players like Nashville did. You can argue that they should. But I think Nashville wss getting rid of players that they no longer wanted. They went out and signed O'Reilly, Nyquist, and Luke Schenn to multi year contracts. So that's not necessarily rebuilding moves there.