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Originally Posted by Bingo
First off I'm not going to tell anyone what they have to call it.
But I think a rebuild can be defined by what they don't do ... not only what they do achieve.
Not spending to the cap and leaving a huge amount ($20M) open in back to back summers of not adding anyone.
Not adding at the deadline when they were in a playoff spot with all kinds of draft capital at their disposal.
Thats says "not trying to improve", and in doing that to me they are rebuilding (but happy to call it retooling if it calms the collective nerves)
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Rebuilding implies building. Which implies action. The Flames have done nearly nothing except internal house keeping.
The biggest concern that I have isn't that the Flames are building to win now. Its that refusing to pick a lane has limited their options to such a degree that they have been inactive.
Conroy deserves credit for not spending cap and assets to try and win short term. But allowing last years success to dictate a direction of no direction is not in the long term interest of this hockey team. It is certainly not an active and intentional rebuild.