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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Because no one is trading us a McKenna/Bedard/Celebrini etc, and that's the talent level we need.
Acquiring another Coronato-tier player? Cool.
It'll prevent us from getting what we need.
Be patient, draft your own damn players and spend the time developing them organically. Not being patient = building to the middle.
Once we get two top tier players? Yeah, fill your bucket. Go get aggressive.
Right now? No. |
If the Flames get McKenna with their pick and say somehow RFA center Adam Fantilli and Columbus can’t agree on something that is absolutely the type of deal the Flames should be looking at. It is unlikely he would be available but I think they will look at RFA’s who might want a change and be aggressive for them.
I don’t know if it is the right or wrong call. Hamilton for example seemed like a great pickup and he was key in getting Lindholm and Hanifin but the Flames could have also had Kyle Connor, or Matt Barzal had they kept their pick.
I am relieved the comments today from Conroy and the orange Julius twitter guy that seem aligned they are leaning into this season but I just do not believe they will want to stay in this spot for many years. Maybe they hold off for one more season but they want to be better than crappy when they open that building.
Just going off history. They refused to rebuild the Iginla team until they had no choice. They sped up the Gaudreau build then they tried to retool on the fly after their 2 superstars left.
I just don’t see them staring down another 3-4 top 10 picks if they can avoid it.