I'm obviously not a fan of purposely losing games folks.....my point in posting this thread was to start a dialogue pointing out my distaste for how the team is scared to start a serious rebuild.
How did this team get Iggy? Traded Niuewendyk, they traded away a big talent and took a chance on a prospect, they improved the franchise by giving away a piece that was highly coveted at the time. In doing so they built towards getting to within one game of raising the Cup.
This NEEDS to happen again! I love Iggy, Kipper, i've been cheering on this team for 25 years. In that time i've seen other teams make something out of players that were difficult for fans to see traded. IMO teams HAVE to do it in order to remain seriously competitive unless they are blessed with top end and highly rated prospects. We are not in that position. We have some nice prospects but nothing that looks to change the face of this franchise. I love Sven, Backlund shows glimpses but has not done enough to show that he will for sure be a high end talent. Janikowski is likely years away from having a shot at making this team.
Turn aging assets into future assets is a no brainer. Sure it would be awesome to see #12 retire as a Flame, never to don another teams jersey but it's not the way for this team to get better by admitting that there comes a time to turn over the top end talent and build on something new. What if we held onto Nieuwy and never had Jarome....Nieuwy helped Dallas win a cup when they traded for him and i could see the same happening with a Pittsburgh or whoever traded for Jarome.
Has to happen imo....i'm sick of watching the same old song and dance every year for the last 3-4 years. "Oh don't worry, Jarome always starts the season slow".....Ya no kidding, that's why we always end up in 9th.
This year more then ever you need your best player to be hot and ready to produce from the start of a 48 game schedule. Jarome is being Jarome, a slow starter.
Has Cammelleri really been very good since we got him back from Montreal? I haven't seen it. Is Tanguay really a top line player on many other teams in this league? I would say no, i like him as a player, not as a top line player. When Lee Stempniak is leading your team in scoring and you go 1-3 at home in a short season......you're in trouble.
Don't kid yourselves, have a look at the whole schedule. The game get no easier, they're playing very good teams every game.
As i look through our roster all i see is mediocrity....Glencross, Stempniak, Stajan etc....all players a team needs but these are some of the guys we DEPEND on being top 6 players....that doesn't cut it. Not good enough.
Hudler and Cervenka looked pretty dam good against Colorado, nice to see but in the end those are the type of players that should be on a 2nd line. They looked by far to be better then Iggy, Cammy, Tangs.....
Rebuild the damn team is all i'm asking.
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