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Originally Posted by Freddy
The Flames are sooo close to being perpetual bottom feeders for years and years and fans here seem to think trading all the vets for magic beans is going to somehow transform the franchise into a consistent contender. I can agree Mangiapane is overpaid, but the rush to jettison a legit play driving top 9 winger doesn’t make sense to me. I hope a year recovered from his shoulder surgery he has a solid offseason of training and comes back next year with confidence and scoring touch commensurate with his cap hit and proves all the cry baby fans wrong.
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Trading the vets will give them draft capital to help the rebuild.
The flames being so close to being perpetual bottom feeders is why you need to trade the vets, as they aren’t doing you any good in attempting to become a playoff team again.
In fact, they are likely holding that goal back.