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Originally Posted by keenan87
The other thing with the Flames is that they still have a TON of veterans on the team. This is not a complete rebuild (even though maybe it should be):
Huberdeau
Kadri
Coleman
Backlund
Mangiapane
Kuzmenko
Weegar
Andersson
Kylington
Markstrom
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This is not the same as a team like the San Jose Sharks. If anything, this almost feels like the Dallas Stars model.
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It's rather similar to the Sharks in terms of contract duration for older players.
The Sharks, despite having rebuilt for a while, still have Couture for 4 years, Vlasic for two years, retention on Karlsson for 4 years, and Burns for 2 years.
The Flames will still have Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Coleman, etc. under books several years from now. These contracts go nearly to the age of 40.
But even the Sharks have paid overpaid Benn and Seguin while remaining competitive.