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Originally Posted by ComixZone
After the March 8th Trade Deadline, the Flames went 7-13-0, good for 0.350 hockey. That should be the target next season. .350 would put them in 3rd last this season.
The Flames should not be adding at all. They're at the threshold they need to be right now.
I would like to see them go into next season with effectively no roster changes outside of Markstrom out and Wolf in 100%.
As-is today, the Flames have $67.875M on the books for 24/25. Retain on Marky, and sign Wolf to $2M'ish, and we're probably around $66.5M, and just need to sign/call-up two defencemen.
That's what the Flames should be doing. On paper, they're good enough to be a bottom-3 team next season - and protecting that should be their goal. Anything they do to add to their team is doing literally nothing but putting their own drafting position at risk (and thanks to Treliving, their own actual pick).
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Man, you e been on about this for years. The Flames won’t willfully tear it down.
If they finish near the bottom and win the lottery, great. I’m sure they would take that. That said, it appears to be clear that the Flames see value in maintaining a competitive culture, whereas it seems you don’t. You advocate for the opposite, that the flames embrace losing and a loser mentality.
You keep clamouring for this down to studs rebuild that isn’t a gaurantee to anything. Even a single first overall or even second overall, see Detroit. Buffalo has had luck with the lottery but since they’ve taken the rebuild strategy you’re so enamoured with, they’ve missed the playoffs for 13 straight years. Do even having several lottery wins hasn’t gotten them back to the playoffs or even competitive games in April.
Calgary is not Chicago, LA, TB, NY, NJ, or even Pittsburgh. Calgary doesn’t have the same draw or appeal especially to those who weren’t raised in western Canada. Calgary is not going to have almost any/every UFA willing to listen to offers. Calgary is on many, or most, players NTC/NMC. Even the draft, which I believe you’ve argued is the best way to build a cup contender, Calgary has had to deal with players like Adam Fox. Put another way, Calgary is going to have a tougher time bouncing back after they’ve hit rock bottom. ‘Tanking’ could send this organization into a decade of darkness as they put it up north and had the drug peddler up north not bought them who knows where they would be.
That’s why when a player like a solid NHL player like Jake Debrusk, who isn’t a star, it probably serves the Flames well to explore the opportunity. Further, I doubt very much adding a guy like Debrusk would jeopardize the Flames finishing in the bottom 10 next year. So, no need for you to lose any sleep over that.