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Originally Posted by blankall
At a certain point you have to choose to compete too. Which means surrounding young players with solid playoff ready vets. Letting yourself get bent over by players like Lindholm, Toffoli, etc....making absurd demands for retirement contracts gets you nowhere though.
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There's a difference between surrounding your players with a few vets and having a veteran fourth line that you're paying >$10M a season. The Flames have done more of the latter in recent history and it hasn't worked out.