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Originally Posted by Keselke
Just wait until we win two in a row, optimism will return to the board
only to be crushed yet again
the cycle continues
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It's games like this that really sap the optimism. It was last season that the Flames played the Kings at the end of the year and needed a win to stay in the hunt for playoffs, got completely neutralized and lost 3-0.
It really lays things out plainly when you play against a well-built team like LA that's just won a Stanley Cup but is still really hitting their stride with a solid core of young players. The Flames are not close to their level at all.
This isn't to say the Flames need to go scorched earth Oilers style and draft first overall for three years, but they do have to draft a lot of players and draft well. For example the Kings drafted Kopitar 11th, Bernier 11th, Voynov 32nd, Clifford 35th, Quick 72nd, Martinez 95th, King 109th, Muzzin 141st, Nolan 186th. Their highest pick was Doughty at second.
Drafting well was also instrumental in setting them up to acquire Mike Richards. Schenn was drafted 5th overall but Wayne Simmonds was a big part of that deal and was a steal at 61st overall. There's also Hickey at fourth overall but the less said about that the better.
All that being said, if Feaster watched this game and really thinks that this team can do any better than sneaking into eigth and getting stomped in the first round he's lying to himself and doing the fans a disservice. If he trades our first round pick I will have lost all confidence in him and hope for him to be fired (unless the trade is somehow an absolute slam dunk win in our favour). Whatever the case I will be eagerly awaiting the trade deadline as it should really show where the team is headed for better or worse.