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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It would be so much fun if the Flames managed to make the playoffs after selling Hanifin, Tanev, Lindholm, Zadorov and Toffoli (and maybe Markstrom +), but the chances of it are just too remote. And it isn't like they currently hold a spot and would somehow just have to hang on - they are in 11th and would have to climb over 3 teams.
It'll be great to root for. But I don't think it would be smart for the team to do anything to try and accomplish it.
And even more pertinent - because of the 1st owing to MTL, they only have two choices for next year: either be a contending playoff team (top 10 in the league), or be bottom 10 (which is infinitely more realistic).
They won't say it publicly, but they have to know that next year is the one year where they shouldn't do anything with the purpose of being more competitive. Trading Markstrom is the perfect move to (silently) accomplish the one-year tank.
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Doesn’t Montreal have the option to take this years pick if it’s 20-32?