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Originally Posted by ResAlien
This may indeed be a good plan for a big market team that has actually won something or had some level of sustained success, it's too bad that's nowhere close to what we are. When you’re in an undesirable market it's not traditionally a great business decision to ship out people who for whatever reason desire to be in your market. The Flames don’t have the level of organizational success necessary to be ruthless in their treatment of players.
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I get you but also might be a bit of a chicken/egg situation there. Success breeds success, we didn't have huge issues getting guys when the team was good. Calgary probably becomes an attractive location to free agents again if we have a whack of young, high pick, promising players making their debut in a new rink rather than trying to get guys to sign by selling them on playing with a 37 year old Kadri or 39 year old Backlund in 2027 who are still here because they really like it here.
This can't just be a nice retirement home and I don't think its ruthless to make use of assets in accordance with what was previously negotiated, there's a way of shipping these guys out without alienating people.