[CrumpyGunt]

I think we will trade kipper, bouw, and iginla for 1 1st and 1 2nd round pick in this years draft - and a few elite young prospects.

We will be drafting 2nd, and 8th in the draft come the off season.

We will take Seth Jones and Jonathan Drouin

Imagine...

Jones
Sieloff
Drouin
Baer
Wotherspoon
Gaudreau

I prefer that to edmontons group of kids any day..

COME ON FEASTER..

Whats better? Dont blow it up..and best case scenario we make the playoffs and go out first round...

Or we blow it up before camp - CLEAR the team salary down - have a go at a BIG name upcoming UFA/RFA ala Getzlaf - and give all the kids (Horak/Brodie/Baer/Backlund/Bouma/etc) a chance in the NHL - get a #### record finish last - and boast the best group of prospects in the NHL.. FOR ONLY 1 YEAR...

Then we rebound 1 year from now - with such an amazing group of kids - edmonton will be jealous.

I dont know how you guys could pray we go to the playoffs each year - when you know - we WONT win the cup .. especially with Bouw, Stajan, no legit 1C and no reliable backup for kipper.

I'd much prefer to get a few more gaudreaus and baertschis..than watch an old, slow team with no proven 1st or 2nd line CENTERS, soft, overpaid Dmen, and an exhausted (amazing) over-worked goalie try to win a cup every year..

Thats just me..
But so long as we are happy praying for a 1st round playoff exit, and fill the dome during back2back losing seasons..nothing will change.

I got rid of my season ticket, and wont have one back until the players actually excite me, not just the idea of cheering for my beloved hockey club..
Too many of us dont give a #### if we pay bouw 7m for 2 more seasons, or have stajan in our team for another 5 years, no backup or future replacement for kipper.

Why not show the owners you are fed up with mediocrity?
Dont show up at the games until we have players and a team who are worth cheering for as much as much as the hockey club.

I'm sick of paying tons of money to go down and watch players like Staios, Stajan, Bouw, Sarich, Karlsson, etc - who can just sit there - play utter #### - and expect to return next season and make more money playing uninspired hockey for a losing team.

Worse yet are the idiots who think its somehow patriotic or in some way showing your nature as a TRUE FAN - if you continue to show support for the way the club has been run.
And only bandwagon fans sell their season tickets, or refuse to go to a game untill #### is straightened out..

If you were real fans you would be critically concerned with what we put on the ice - not just drinking a few dome beers and watching us get beat by teams like the Blue Jackets..

Boycotting the Flames doesnt make you a bad/fake fan...it makes you a concerned one.

The problem is the fans who are clutching to their iginla and kiprusoff jerseys as if these players are come kind of cult gods.
Guess what idiots? Its either rebuild or get left behind by edmonton, the islanders, avalanche, and a bunch of other teams who will pass us by in 5 years by the time iggy retires..

What will it be ? Rebuild now by choice, or rebuild in 5 years without a choice...
Think about it...do you want edmonton to be better than us for any period of time..

Only Toronto is a more exploited hockey market.
They know they will fill the seats so they dont give a #### how drab they are.

The only things I am excited about this season - are Hartley and Baertschi - nuff said.

Other than that I am more excited about how Jankowski and Gaudreau will do in college this year - than wondering where in the NW div we will finish with this #### group of players.

If ANY franchise ever needed to be blown up - its this one.