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Originally Posted by traptor
That is not a scorched earth rebuild though. That's retooling to get younger. A burn it down team doesn't move out a 2nd rounder for frost and farabee.
Call it whatever you want I guess but what the flames are doing is not the same as the Hawks and Sharks.
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The rebuilding Sharks who traded a 3rd round draft pick for a 29 year old goalie, traded a 3rd and a 6th for a 25 year old dman, traded a 1st round pick and a 19 year old former first round pick for a 22 year old goalie, a 4th round pick for a 23 year old forward. All those trades were done in the last 15 months which is a lot of futures moved out for a team that is not doing that.
The hawks moved out a 6th round pick for a 30 year old forward. They acquired a 30 year old forward for a 25 year old forward.
The Hawks just really have not done anything, have not really moved anyone other than Jones and have not acquired anyone. But either way, neither of those teams burned it to the ground anymore than the Flames and under any objective criteria the Flames moved more pieces out in the last 2 years than they did over any 2 year period.
But the Flames did move a 2nd round pick so there is that.