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Originally Posted by Bonded
Yeah, but they fell into it backwards and it wasn't planned lol. The Sharks haven't made the playoffs in five years and only really started selling off a couple years ago. It is kind of what I expect to happen to the Flames if they stick with the re-tool route.
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As you said -- today's Sharks are where the Flames could be in four years if they're forced into a full rebuild and have to trade Kadri, Coleman and Andersson. Some of the parallels are interesting... if it goes the way of the Sharks, hopefully Huberdeau resurrects his value like Karlsson does with a one off career year that allows the Flames to trade him!
But man, they've had a rough five years. That would be tough.
And it's certainly why the Flames are trying to do the retool "Dallas" model. Sharks are on a 7-10 year rebuild path.