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Random Thoughts - Rebuild Phase 2

Related Topics: Sam Bennett (ice hockey)

The offseason is almost over and so is the first phase of the Flames rebuild.

Calgary has picked inside the top six three out of the last four drafts and is starting to assemble a young core of talented (and potentially expensive) players. Once Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk are contributing meaningfully at the NHL level, Treliving has little else to do but fill in the gaps at forward and defense (err... and figure out the long-term goalie situation).

Sounds easy, but this is actually where a lot of rebuilds go off the rails. It's one thing to flounder at the bottom of the standings and pick a bunch of highly rated prospects - it's quite another to develop the team around them into a competitor.