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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm fine with that ... I lean to dealing him too.
Won't be upset if they sign him though, as he is the guy I'd choose to sign if I had to pick one.
I do have fear of trading too much and then going Buffalo for the next 12 years.
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I think Buffalo and Edmonton get brought up too much in terms of being afraid of rebuilding/tearing it down. What doesn't get talked about when it comes to Buffalo is that they didn't simply try to rebuild and failed for 12 straight years.
They originally had really cheap ownership/ownership turmoil and were basically shedding cap and players when they should have been starting to take the next step, which was a big factor in "failing" once and having to rebuild again.
A good rebuild will start to bare serious fruit in the 5-7 year range and will likely have two bottom outs. So Buffalo is at 12 years due to ownership turmoil which Calgary does not have.