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Originally Posted by traptor
Yeah I dont think theyre trying to seriously compete either. But tthey're not going scorched earth. There's alot of room between the two.
The rumours were pretty substantive with reputable members close to the flames (Steinberg) and the top media insiders (friedman, dreger and serevalli) saying things. They were also deep in Cozens and Byram.
Lindgren proffered to play in thr US apparently. Same with Hague.
They did get players back though. Bahl, Sharangovich, Frost, Farabee and Miromanov (bust). That's 3 top 9 forwards and a top 4 D that they got back.
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Net out since Conroy came in for players isb
Toffoli, Zadorov, Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Markstrom, Mangiapane.
Net in is Farabee, Frost, Bahl, Sharangovich and I guess Miromanov. One of those lists is much more of a win now list than the other list. The players that got brought in more reflect the reality that teams often want to move a contract back than it reflects a Flamws desire to compete.
More than any team I can remember (or has ever been cited as an example on this forum) the Flames are in a scorched earth, sell the assets rebuild. Suppose it is possible to sell even more assets than the Flames have but no team has really ever done that.