Seeing a lot of the posts in this thread just confirms the Flames ownership doesn't have to change their strategy. The direction of the team will continue to be supported by a lot of the fan base regardless of the results.
And I know some people are trying to argue that this time is different, but I don't see it. We offered an aging Lindholm a contract and he said no, thankfully. We offered Hanifin a contract and he also said no. Tanev wanted to try to win a cup.
If trading your players that say no to you counts as being proactively rebuilding, then I guess they can get credit. But I see almost every move as reactive and basically we were saved by a bunch of players saying no to us.
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