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Originally Posted by RedHawk12
The Flames make trades when players force their hands. The Flames learned from Johnny leaving for nothing. Now they trade expiring deals if it looks like a reasonable extension can't be reached. They also trade disgruntled players with term, like Markstrom. However, nothing they've done suggest they want to trade vets with term who want to be here. In fact, everything from the Maloney interview to the Friedman reports back this up.
My issue with this is that it's a very reactionary approach. We're not proactively rebuilding, and as a result, our vets who want to be here will remain here and prevent us from truly embracing a rebuild. We might suck for a year and draft high, then it's right back to the mush.
I anticipate Andersson getting traded only because he's not re-signing. I don't anticipate Kadri or Coleman being traded this year. And because we still have all of these decent vets on the team, I think we end the season as a bottom 10 team rather than a bottom 3 team, and we'll never get the McKennas and the Stenbergs
I think this is the biggest fear for the tank crowd and I think it's a valid fear based on historically what this team has done. Time will tell.
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Who's forcing them to hold on to their draft capital, not add free agents and sit on mountains of cap space?