I get it, some people do not want a rebuild and can't sit through one but this team is going to be bad.
This isn't going to be a 14/15 Flames springing up on teams. That team started to integrate their picks, and had a potential star on the roster who only had size issues.
34 Kadri: 80 (t-35)
Kuzmenko: 76 (t-48)
32 Coleman: 70 (t-77)
31 Huberdeau: 63 (T-105)
35 Backlund: 63 (T-105)
Mantha: 57 (T-137)
Sharangovich: 54 (T-149)
These are some of the key players listed and their age. Not their age yet but will be that age during the season. Our only 2 real centers are the oldest players on the team.
You don't start the season with 20 plus million in cap space, having just traded your starting goalie, top 6 winger for draft picks if you want to compete.
I think Nashville is in for a rude awakening as well. Building through free agency.
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