We're being pedantic here, but ultimately I disagree. The Window was known when the team played. Inarguably, the team lost its two best players. At that point, in my opinion, no one knew what the window was. Flames management guessed the window was still competitive, but they were proven wrong pretty quickly. The decision point for Calgary was in the middle of that, but they couldn't have known that the team was competitive.
Age wise, I agree, the team was old. And had just become substantially older by subbing out Johnny, Monahan, and Tkachuk for Huberdeau, Weegar, and Kadri. But the window can't only be based on the age of players. But there was no window... the players that gave us a window left prior to us signing Kadri.
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