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Originally Posted by jayswin
What? Refusal to rebuild? Do you have any idea how the NHL worked back then, specifically for small market teams like Calgary and Edmonton? 
Rebuilds had nothing to do with anything for the Flames in the late 90's/early 2000's. They were a feeder team for large markets regardless of anything they did or didn't do. Rebuild was not a term that mattered in that NHL landscape. |
Between 1998 and 2004, the Flames made very few feeder team kind of deals. There was the Fleury trade in 1998, but he was a pending UFA anyway. After that, most of the trades the Flames made were lateral moves or hockey trades.