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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The way you operate like Vegas is you load up on draft picks and young players. Sign them to 8 year contracts coming out of their ELC’s if you have determined they are part of the team longterm and hope that you get value contracts on the backend of the deals.
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Except Vegas has never done that (though I do agree this is how the Flames should operate).
They hosed a bunch of teams in the expansion draft and learned draft picks are for losers.
They can operate like this because they play in a warm weather destination market with favourable tax conditions that’s a playground for the wealthy.
I love Calgary. But Denver without School Shootings will never be the preferred landing spot of an elite millionaire athlete ahead of Fabulous Las Vegas.
So we need to hold onto players that are a) good and b) like playing here.
Because it’s not a given that every guy will.