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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I dunno, seems the most clear plan I've seen in a while from this team. Look at all the vets traded and gone the last couple of years. Now Mantha and Rooney. Rasmus soon as well, most likely. Bringing in players in their mid 20's, draft picks, letting young guys play.
They will keep some vets, so people should get used to it. And the team really should have been a lot worse (with a great draft pick tomorrow), but overachieved. They tried to be bad but just couldn't do it.
Looking to the future while being competitive today, keep promoting younger players, hopefully have more drafts like 2024. Seems like a pretty clear plan.
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Ya, the plan has been clear from day one and he has enough proof points now that almost everyone should recognize the plan. It might not be the plan that everyone wants but he has a plan.
The only thing I would add to your summary is the CC seems content on offering a player a contract that works for him. If what some of our insiders said is correct he offered Rasmus something around 6.75 million. For a dman that is going to be good for the next 5 years or more that is a pretty good cap hit. In 3 years when the cap is projected to be 113.5 million that would be 5.95% of the cap. When Rasmus signed his last contract it was worth 5.58% of the cap, not much of a difference.
Sounds like they are far apart on the money so CC is going to likely trade him. But if a top 75 dman in the league would have been willing to sign for 5.95% of the cap it would be a strange decision to not sign him. Guys like Bouchard and Dobson are trying to get 9.7% of the value of a 113.5 million dollar cap.