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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The Flames did not make a single trade where a roster player was the key piece until Frost/Farabee. Yet you call those trades retooling trades. But a trade where there is at least one retooling element for the Canucks that is a rebuilding trade.
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The Toffoli trade was a roster piece unless the flames were trading their 34 goal 73pt winger for a third.
That deal was also before they started selling guys for picks and was more about shedding cap. They got younger but also got the worse player