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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well fair but no team has ever done it down to the studs so I probably misspoke on that one. It is basically an unheard of concept in the NHL. They certainly have traded more vets for picks and prospects than any other team ever has so in that sense they have ripped it down to the studs more than any team in NHL history.
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Ripping it down to the studs is not about who you trade, but what is left.
Calgary has presently 5 viable older players. The studs is not there yet.
The 2023-2024 Chicago Blackhawks had only Seth Jones left of viable decent older players, and they finally dumped him when they could. They had even previously traded Debrincat , who was a young player who had scored 41 goals at the age of 24.
That's tearing it down to the studs. The bigger difference is the Hawks did not try and resign Kane and Towes etc, they let them all walk. The Flames tried to resign Hanifin and Lindholm, they only traded them when they wouldn't accept what Conroy considered reasonable deals. But there was not any intention of the Flames at that time to tear it down to the studs. That has occurred only once the Fleams really had no choice.
Now the Flames may well be getting there. I expect they will be.