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Originally Posted by The Big Thirsty
Of course they have to. They didn't bother to acquire a qualified backup. As much as I'm a fan of the Wideman, Cervenka, and Hudler pickups, they make absolutely no sense if you don't plan on going all out to make the playoffs, and if you plan on going all out to make the playoffs, you'd think you'd make sure you have a Plan B should Kipper fall apart or get injured. It's criminal that this was not addressed.
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Leaving themselves outs hasn't exactly been a strong point of the Flames team building strategy. It is a team that needs everything go right and can't tolerate anything going wrong.
Many of us predicted that goal tending might be the Flames biggest weakness this season. It is early, but so far that prediction is proving to be correct.
That said, there wasn't exactly a bunch of options for the Flames this season. None of the veteran guys are going to carry the load. And wasting assets to acquire a guy like Bernier when they are banking on Ramo next season doesn't make sense.
If Toronto or another team is interested though I wouldn't mind taking a flyer on a guy like Bernier and get what we can for Kipper. But the Flames won't.
They would rather take a chance that Kipper is great and get nothing if they are wrong rather then take a chance on a guy like Bernier and still have a young up and commer if they are wrong.
Frustrating fing team.