Team: 2020-21 Calgary Flames

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 23, 2020

Published: Oct. 2, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

The gist: They won't actually commit to any significant changes & they spend assets to acquire goaltending. They then overpay to bring Brodie back (bringing him back at all is a huge mistake unless its at a massive discount ie. 3 years max at $4 mill or less which isn't fair to him tbh)

SO Despite all the bluster about "shaking up the core" they won't out of a combined mindset of overvaluing their players, a misguided fear of "losing" the trade in conjunction and their even more ridiculous perception they are in a window to win now. Hence another year wasted being mediocre. Sadly this will lead to fans ultimately turning on (insert whipping boy du Joire) because they refused to trade Gio/Monahan/Gaudreau until it was way too late (ala Iginla.)

Swap out the "depth" signings with whatever "physical, big bodied, character" veteran players on league minimum deals you see fit and it always equates to a cap team struggling to make playoffs / out of the first round again.