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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
The reason I don't subscribe to the "blow it up" camp is that creating a fire sale of our assets, especially around trade deadline day, is tainted by emotional trades that rarely ever work out well.
There's no reason to blow it up to get a top five pick, when we are already on our way to getting a top five pick with the assets we have. I believe it would be a lot better if we make one or 2 good moves to get another 1st rounder, and then still end up with an injection of young talent while still having players that can make up a complete team.
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I am probably as negative as it comes when analyzing this team and I am fairly confident that we will not end up with a top 5 pick if we stay the course. This team has 9th-12th place written all over it. I'm all but certain that they will string some wings together just before the trade deadline, hang around 9th place and then finish the season just outside of a playoff spot. It's the same way that the players in Edmonton find last place acceptable. Flames personnel find almost making the playoffs acceptable as well. Same culture of losing has set in here, ours is just to a lesser degree.