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Originally Posted by Bingo
I get the rip it up and go to the studs argument.
But I also don't assign zero value to culture / bringing up young players with guidance and not in a tire fire.
The Flames aren't stubbornly hanging on to every veteran; they've moved many and look set to make an asset management move with Andersson.
I won't be upset if they pivot to a full rebuild, but I would be worried about hurting the development of some of the young players by bringing them into a terrible environment.
Can we agree the development environment angle has some value?
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100% - but would Huberdeau , Weegar and Backlund not be enough (who actually knows )
And at what point does a player need to transition into that role vs mentee?
I think most teams have good development and culture - it’s the few that don’t that scare people and I think it’s overblown because of the extreme cases of Incompetence.
Part of the Flames biggest issue is we don’t have any home grown 25- 30 year old range players that should be making this transition since our drafting and development (and trading picks) was poor or we traded the players