I'm open to the idea of re-signing Hanifin. With Rasmus, Kylington, Weager and Hanifin...that is a really good top-4. I'm comfortable with the goalie situation in Calgary.
And then if you take the forwards corps and inject one or two top tier 18-22 year olds in that mix (acquired via top picks in the draft), then the team can emerge from a rebuild very quickly with an ideal mix of players...
More mature defensemen with top-4
Good mix of forwards in top-9 with high end talent acquired via draft
Good goalie tandem in Marky/Wolf
When Bingo pitched "rebuild on the fly" this summer I didn't really get it. Im increasingly open to the idea. Hanifin fits with a rebuild on the fly. He doesn't fit with a "tear it down" rebuild.
The only part that is hard to figure out is "how do the flames get a couple top-5 pick picks without tearing it down?" I have no idea except that maybe they get lucky with the lotto lol
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