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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
My sense, and anyone can correct this if I'm mis-representing things, is that "team tank" wants to see the Flames more proactively strip the team down, by removing some of the well performing vets...both to maximize the return of those assets and so that their 1st can be a higher one, including to maximize the chances of landing McKenna this year.
I think that's basically it?
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More or less.
Not all of the vets can move/will agree to moving right now, so that might sort itself by the deadline.
In the case of Ras, I've been of the mindset that a big part of moving him IS the ripple effect it should have on the team. I think there's an argument that he's perhaps the final domino that puts them down the rebuild path, so doing it this offseason is important to solidify that direction. Holding on to him until the deadline MAY maximize the return of him as an asset, but it may also prevent the team from being further along that rebuild path by the time the deadline comes, and perhaps even at the expense of a potentially 'better' draft position.
But, not making really any moves is a direction in itself, I won't argue otherwise. If the Flames were keen on making the playoffs this year and that's the mandate, more win now moves would have been made. A regression to what management expected, regardless of an outlier/overachievement of a season, might very well be the direction...and the other dominoes will fall just a little later than 'team tank' has pined for.