[SuperMatt18]

I do think there is a difference between what San Jose and Chicago did...which can be hard to recover from...and what the Flames need to do here.

This to me is more like the Avs in 16-17. Avs were kind of mid the two years prior with 90 and 82 points respectively. Then somehow put up a random 48 point season, and got Cale Makar.

You don't have to go trade every veteran but the ones that make sense like Coleman and Andersson should be traded sooner rather than later, especially with the rule changes making there no benefit of waiting until the deadline for the acquiring team.

Then if that opens the door to someone like Kadri wanting to be traded then you pursue that too.

And if guys have injuries then shut them down, no need to play guys through injury.

Just lean into being bad this season, and lean into it hard. You don't have to finish dead last but with this start bottom 5 should not be impossible.