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Originally Posted by The Cobra
I'm not saying get rid of all your vets, as I assume Backlund wants to and should stay.
But you can pick up vets on one year deals to mentor the youngsters by overpaying them, like Chicago did with Foligno.
It's assumed they would only be traded "if the offer was right".
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Picking up vets on one year deals, for mentorship purposes, is a gamble. Firstly, any vet signing here, likely doesn't want to win all that bad. Yes, there's a chance they could get traded to a contender, but someone who really wants to win is going to sign with the contender in the first place.
Particularly, when it comes to defence, the last thing you want is to have a group of rookies and nobodies figuring it out. You absolutely need a vet who can teach/lead a system and show the kids what's required in the NHL.
For example, Tanev is the perfect mentor. He's not signing one year deals for the Flames though. The kind of guys who are doing that are guys way past their primes or journeymen.
The fact we are talking about Rasmus, as the ripe old age of 27, as being one of our senior vets, shows that the Flames really have already burnt things down.
I mean sure if someone offers up a first for Pospisil or a top end forward prospect for Andersson, you jump on it, but moving them for lower end assets makes no sense and they do play a valuable role in mentoring the team.