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Originally Posted by Rhett44
No, there are many people on this site that cannot comprehend that some people have differing opinions. It is the same way any time I suggest trading any player, people freak out and call me Paulie Rhett and have to stoop to personal insults and telling me I am a returning banned user, which I am not.
I would like the Flames to do better and rebuild, and build a team that can contend long term. I do not enjoy being a murky middle team, and I will not change my opinion.
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I don’t believe everyone is responding like that, I was honestly debating your position and you seem to always come back to the flames not rebuilding. Well to debate you further, Kadri currently has 1 more year of NMC protection and holds all the cards, everything we hear about him potentially being moved is otherwise noise as Kadri himself suggested. Once this year is up the Flames can and likely will consider moving him but he won’t be a bad replacement for Backlund either who is set to move on as soon as the end of this season potentially 2 but I doubt it. Kadri is a gamer and a great leader to have around the young growing talent we have, unless it was a knock your socks off offer the flames have no reason to trade him, his contract is even attractive now and moving forward with the growing cap.
Coleman can and likely will be traded at or around the deadline this year, the flames have so much drafted depth pushing that they will undoubtedly need to open up space and Coleman is an attractive piece that will attract lots of attention for teams in the playoff hunt.
Andersson in fairness is becoming a frustrating asset but I have no doubts that Craig will turn him into more futures and immediate young and established help as he’s done with the Toffoli, Zadarov, Lindholm, Tanev, Hanifin, Markstrom, Mangiapane and Kuzmenko/Pelts trades. He can’t dictate market values and he also is trying to make a name for himself as a 1st time GM and has done a remarkable job of turning existing assets into futures and young NHLers. This is a far, far, far cry from spend happy Tregiving and whatever the hell Feaster was. It’s also a far cry from the mushy middle you’re describing, the Flames have an incredible stable of young talent, the cupboards are quite full now and we could potentially have that bad season to get that player you’re yearning for. Which by the way we all want, to say that we don’t is absurd, but having a mainly young roster be the reason we finished on the edge of the playoffs isn’t a bad problem to have if it’s a problem at all.