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Originally Posted by Sakari
We've been having these problems for 20 something years, not just since Iginla was traded onto the Flames.
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The Flames, since the last lockout, have had enough skill/depth that they should've made the playoffs in every year and won the division a few times. Yet each time they've choked. Now yes, that has been happening since 1990, 2004 being the exception, but there has been something that has kept the Flames from being as good as they have looked on paper.
A former excuse was the coaching staff, which has been wholly changed a couple times before this year. Same results.
Some of our other long term guys like Langkow and Regehr etc might have been an issue. Those guys are gone. Same results
The GM has been poor in talent evaluation, he's gone and Feaster's in. Same results.
The only thing that isn't different is Kipper and Iginla. If this nonsense continues, there's only one thing that is still unchanged, and that's the leadership on the team. That must be changed, even if it hurts in the short term if we continue to suck.