Don't nickel and dime your stars, and then turn around and splash money on UFAs that are washed-up. Build your core through the draft and let them grow up together. Be a winning organization, and it makes it harder to leave. Give players the same perks they get elsewhere for themselves and their families. New building will be going up, with a new locker room and facilities.
Calgary will always be a cold-weather city. Build it into a good team and treat your players well, and you don't have to worry about 'loopholes'. It may never be a destination that has a long line of players hoping to play here, but it can certainly become a destination that players don't want to leave.
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