Hope the team trades Kadri, Andersson and Backlund at this point. This very much feels like a rebuild at this point and in hindsight, I think one of the biggest mistakes the Flames made in their previous attempt back in 2013 and 2014 was that they didn’t trade Gio, Brodie and Cammalleri and etc.
Those guys, especially that #1 pairing, made the Flames just good enough to not be a last place team. As much as I loved them, I’d much rather have had the chance to draft Nathan Mackinnon or Barkov and Draisaitl or Reinhart. In an alternate timeline, it wouldn’t be the Panthers lifting the Cup this season. It would’ve been the Flames lead by Barkov, Reinhart, Gaudreau and Tkachuk.
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