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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Before my time but didn’t the Flames also rebuild in 1981?
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They did ship out a lot of players who had never wanted to move to Calgary in the first place. But it wasn't what most fans would consider a rebuild, because they traded several of those assets for established players – notably Lanny McDonald, Mel Bridgman, and Doug Risebrough.
They also continued to make the playoffs every year, but that was not much of an accomplishment when four teams made the playoffs in a five-team division.