deadhead
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Flyers will have a lot of cap room the next four to five years. You can't roll it over, how would you use it? You can use some to sweeten trades, but with the cap rising, it will have far less value.Foundational would mean elite/upper echelon players you build the roster around, Giroux and Couturier types.
Tippett is a good middle six possession driving winger. A good organization drafts and develops those guys at a high enough level that they don't feel compelled to marry themselves to them for a decade at a time (and thus finds cheap production spots on the roster). This feels a bit like try hard justification on the Giroux trade more than anything to me.
You could sign free agents, but most are 29 and older, not exactly the right choice for a rebuild.
Or you could extend your own players who are 23-26, and if they fall off at the end of their contracts, it'll be with a much higher cap and easier to trade them if you have better young players.