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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Anaheim is a good model.
Already had the goaltending but didn't try to fast track it until this year. Collected players near the top of the draft for a few years, then when they had the core in place they brought in a proven coach to put them on course.
We've seen 2 half arsed rebuilds and Anaheim was better than our last one and already on their way to being much better than us again.
Whatever we're doing, the bottom out method is putting it to shame.
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They signed Ryan Strome as a UFA to a 5 year contract at 5 million a year as a UFA after finishing 22nd overall in 21/22
After finishing dead last in the league the next year (22/23) they signed Alex Killorn as a UFA to a 4 year deal at 6.25 million a year.
They also signed Gudas to a 3 year deal at 4 million a year in 2023 after finishing dead last the year before.
I don’t expect you to let facts get in the way of your argument but if you are dealing in the realm of facts is your suggestion that the Flames problem is that they have not gone out and signed big name UFAs to large contracts during this rebuild?