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Originally Posted by Jason14h
They didn’t get younger. If they didn’t make the trade and traded Kuz for the 3rd they wouldn’t have any of those guys , would have 2 more prospects , and 10 mil in extra cap room (which doesn’t really matter this year but is still real
Money and may matter in coming years )
If the lane is “build through the draft” you aren’t making the move Conroy has .
I guess the lane is get younger and hope middle 6 players break out . It may work - we’ll see
And if the plan is to trade Frost and Farabee in future years for picks ….. what was the point in the first place ? Make us just good enough to get worse picks , and push the eventual arrival of those draft picks out multiple years ?
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Strongly suspect the plan with Frost and Farabee is that one or both work out and you have a good player or players for 7-10 years (with a likely higher ceiling than a 2nd and a 3rd) or they do not perfectly work out or you cannot resign them and they at some point in the future you get more than a 2nd and a 3rd for them in a trade. They both probably have 7-8 productive NHL years left so it is not like they are assets that will not be good when the Flames have a window again.
I have a hard time seeing a third option where they are not worth at least a 2nd and a 3rd in the future.