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Originally Posted by Rhett44
Tkachuk and Gaudreau left and we tried to bring in Huberdeau, Weegar and Kadri to replace them. That was not the start of a tear down.
It started last year after Lindholm and Hanifin said no to us (thank god). And it will continue when we trade Andersson, and hopefully Coleman and Kadri. Get the best assets we can for them and continue re building.
We thankfully got Zayne and Wolf. We need some help at forward now from the top part of the draft.
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Well that's what started the tear down, Gaudreau and Tkachuk leaving. Chiefly it was Gaudreaus departure that was the first domino to trigger what happened. There's a good chance that the exodus that did happen would not have of Gaudreau chose to stay. Hence, that was the start of the tear down. Not by choice either. I don't think the Flames ever once considered that as an option until Lindholm and Hanifin and Zads pulled the rip cord.
You're going to have to accept that the Flames organization. Have zero intent on sucking hard enough to land a top 3 pick. It's just not in their DNA.