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Originally Posted by The Cobra
The Flames have zero chance to improve in a cap world without subtracting some cap. How do you augment without subtracting some cap?
With one year left on his contract, and the Flames depth on defence, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where Brodie stays and the Flames make the necessary improvements to their team.
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you trade more draft picks for middling players that give you the illusion you're more competitive while you steadily lose ground over time to teams around you that continue to draft.
The Flames have moved out a staggering amount of picks in the last 3 years. I expect that to continue to a large degree.
I think the Flames are likely to move out that 1st round pick to grab a middle six winger who can finish and then probably another couple of picks to move out Neal.
IMO if Neal isn't moved it's because there were 0 takers, not because the flames weren't willing to pay the prices out there.
I expected 2-4 draft picks moved out this summer with maybe 2 coming back.
That might mean trading out of the first round for 2x2nds and then moving one or both of those 2nds or it could mean straight across 1st round picks in multiple years.
Like you mentioned, it's tough to improve in a zero sum with cap constraints, but if you can move out stone, neal and frolik for half as much cap coming back, I think there are ways to make it work.
For instance if you're going with cheap goaltending, you're probably going to want to keep as many capable defenders as you can to make it easier on that subpar goaltending.
