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Originally Posted by Sandman
Without a doubt, you need real strength and depth down the middle if you expect to be a contender, and that's one area where this team needs to improve- especially in regards to our pipeline. We need centers for the future.
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And they ain't signing in a place like Calgary even if they make it to free agency, so if not the draft then you'd have to hope for one of the rare trade opportunities for one. From there you need to have what the trading team wants AND beat out the other teams interested AND likely hope that the player will waive a current NTC, AND if they're close to free agency you have to hope they re-sign with you rather than walking.
Spoiler alert: Gotta get some bottom 5 finishes to have a chance at building this Flames team into a contender.