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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Friedman also saying no veterans have asked out. Talks about the team playing hard and competing. Some decent prospects etc.
Basically way too early to see where the Flames are going.
Free agents will be tough to get until the new rink.
“With Wolf they don’t think they can be truly bad”
“The beginning of this year was just a blip”
Also reiterating that he would be very surprised if Conroy is not extended
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Not using the opportunity to capitalize on aging veterans who won't be able to contribute to a contending team here in Calgary is ridiculously short sighted. I really like Kadri, Coleman, and Ras, but if management can't see that these players need to be moved to acquire high-end talent and higher picks to ultimately turn this team into a true contender than its really a joke. Clearly indicates that winning is not the clear goal.
The Flames have to get passed bringing in middle six level talent and expecting to be a contender. We have had only a couple of true elite level players in this organization (Iginla, Tkachuk, Gaudreau) and outside of Gaudreau who is truly an outlier that is extremely rare where he was selected, those players were acquire with high picks or by dealing higher end player to acquire. Pretty straightforward equation to success.