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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Signing players who want to stay doesn't qualify as 'win now' for me.
Win now moves are anything where you are spending future capital (picks, prospects, etc) to improve the current team.
If you trade 7 vets for picks and prospects, over a year and a half, then sign a couple vets to extensions (while probably also trading other vets), I don't think you've tipped the scales into win now mode.
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It does if the term is such that you think it won't age well. That is definitely sacrificing some future.
Remember, Conroy tried to extend Lindholm and Hanafin as well too.
I'm still not certain that Calgary didn't have the rebuild forced upon them.
Conroy has shown that he's not willing to let UFA's walk for nothing. That's a huge difference.