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Originally Posted by Goriders
I’d say our best prospect is wolf. Coronato and Pospisil right in there too. But my point is the infatuation with being as bad as san jose is probably not going to transpire. The Flames have too many good players. They’ve turned over almost the whole roster in the last 3 years. At some point you have to show some loyalty to players and help them via trades and free agency.
If they move Markstrom and Mangiapane I think Anderson and Backlund might be the only players left from 3 or 4 seasons ago. That’s a 90% turnover. To be the worst in the league you’d probably have to turn over another 50% of the current roster. What good player in the league would possibly want to come here with that level of turmoil?
Just being realistic the Flames need to look at all avenues to improve. They probably will be drafting in the bottom third of the league for the next year or two. But I highly doubt they get into the top 5. They’ll need to keep making good trades and uncover gems in free agency. Just like every other team in the league does.
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Yes they need to do everything but the drafts are still key. They mess that up then we’ll be in hockey hell for a long time.
I disagree on Wolf, the jury is still out on him. You just don’t know with goalie.
It’s also going to be extremely hard for him with the team as bad as it is. They have 2, maybe 3 competent NHL dmen at the moment