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  "id": 17397099,
  "title": "Flames face a delicate balancing act between patience and progress in their rebuild",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/flames-face-a-delicate-balancing-act-between-patience-and-progress-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T12:00:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/sports/flames-face-a-delicate-balancing-act-between-patience-and-progress-in-their-rebuild"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One of the main ways an NHL rebuild can fail is a GM trying to pull out of it too early. No one involved in an organization wants to lose indefinitely, so the tendency is to get some early draft picks in the door and then start making big trades and UFA signings as quickly […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}