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Originally Posted by Whynotnow
We can’t become the cities where stars get drafted, play to UFA and then escape. What fun is that? I want both cities to have great teams that battle each other and that means keeping players.
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The fun is that by the time they get to UFA they have peaked. Oilers had four choices, and three of them were defensible.
1. Do nothing and have one more shot at it (defensible)
2. Trade Draisaitl for a haul (defensible)
3. A Matthews type short term deal (as a Flames fan, the worst case)
4. Break the bank for all the decline years (yay)