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Originally Posted by stormchaser
We lost the Phanuef for spare parts trade...but you can believe what you want. I would take Phaneuf back every day of the week and send Stajan back to Toronto in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong, I like this years Matt Stajan but he certainly has left a lot to be desired during his tenure in Calgary. Phanuef was the best player in that deal...they won.....get over it.
When I said "recovering from the Sutters" I was referring to the dark cloud that has hung over the Flames organization for the past 7 years. Darryl was a great Coach and the fact that he brought in a franchise goalie in Kipper for a 2nd round pick deserves credit.....howerver, the majority of his drafting were mostly loses and I was sick of his reclamation projects that sucked up roster positions that could have been filled by younger players.
Then Came Brent.....I've tried my best to defend him all last year but seriously....good riddance!
Making the playoffs this year.......well I too am an optimist but there is a time to take stock and look ahead.......the schedule doesn't favor us and even with games at hand it looks like a pretty tall order to make 8th. Not saying they can't do it.......I want to believe it......but I haven't seen a whole lot of consistent winning for the past 3 years and we are that much older.
You say they aren't even re-tooling the roster? Really? Hudler, Wideman, Cevenka, calling guys in from Abbotsford.......I think that comment has nothing to stand on but enlighten me.
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It depends on your definition of re-tool. Trading Iginla for picks would be rebuilding, but I think you could bring in a good core player for him. Signing free agents is great, but it's not improving the team. We lost Hannan and Moss in the offseason, we replaced them with Hudler and Wideman, two obviously more talented players, added Cervenka. We lost our first line center which has obviously had a HUGE impact on our success as a team. If you lose someone like that without replacing them, you're doing nothing but hindering your roster, not improving them. And until we bring Iginla a good center, this team will not be re-tooled. But that's just my opinion.