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Originally Posted by Sandman
I’m a bit wary of moving forward without some quality vets around to usher in the youth coming down the pipeline-not just vets, but character guys like Coleman, Backlund, and Andersson. We don’t want to just hand the keys to the team over to a bunch of kids like the Oilers did for a decade. That said, it would be difficult to turn down some of these proposals if they came to fruition….
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My question would be what is the critical mass needed for that. The Flames have the following players right now that somewhat check that box
Backlund
Coleman
Kadri
Huberdeau
Andersson
Weegar
Do you need 5 of those guys? 4 of those guys? I suspect you can get by without all 6. If the only two you are thinking of trading are Coleman and Andersson and your plan is to try to sign a quality vet or two next offseason to a short term contract maybe you can get by.
The types of returns I think you could get for Coleman and Andersson would be hard to turn down.