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Originally Posted by traptor
I understand that they probably thought this was going to be a worse team then it was, and weren't necessarily trying to compete this year.
It doesn't mean that they can't keep churning over the roster though.
All the vets should be available for a solid offer at this point. It doesn't mean you have to sell all of them at once. But we have enough, they should be churning two over every year.
Rasmus and Coleman this summer.
Backlund at TDL if he wants to go, otherwise let the man retire a flame.
Kadri next year, and so on.
We will probably bring in some form of vet replacement anyways. E.g. Rasmus to the stars brings in Dumba as part of the package. You then flip him in a couple years if he still has value.
There should be a lifecycle and replacement plan for all these vets, and I'm optimistic that the team is smart enough to know that.
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Rasmus before the season starts. Then a very large maybe on any other vet this season depending on where the team is at on the deadline. It'll either be none or more than one depending on the standings. And that's a fairly reasonable course of action for the Flames to take.
The better question is would the Flames add at the deadline of they were in a great standings position or would they ride it out with what they have??