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Originally Posted by kehatch
I think it does. - The team was burning futures trying to win during the Iginla era well past the point it made sense.
- They rushed through the rebuild as quickly as possible
- When a big chunk of their core left (Tkachuk, Gaudreau) they didn't rebuild, instead they brought on older, less effective, and more expensive players (and gave up a first in the process)
- When it was clear that wasn't going to work they still tried to extend the core players remaining to max term contracts.
Only when they failed to sign their expiring free agents and finished bottom 10 did the Flames decide to 'retool'. But they are still avoiding the word 'rebuild' like the plague, are not making the types of moves you normally see a rebuilding team make, and are planning on being active during free agency in an effort to be competitive next year.
Given the Flames history, including a recent history of trying to do everything they can to avoid a rebuild, I do think it matters how we got here. |
They traded their starting goalie a week ago and currently have 2 NHL D under contract.
They’re rebuilding. That’s all that matters.