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Originally Posted by moon
This team is horribly set up for a re-tool because we don't have young guys ready to step up into the top roles and the vets we have aren't very good.
So we are left not trading our best assets for quality (Bouwmeester, Kipper) or trading them and having nobody to play on a legit top line or a legit top 4 defense.
A core around #1 pick, Cammy, Tanguay, Hudler, Backlund, Wideman sucks. That is likely as bad a core as you would have in the NHL. Addind a mediocre FA isn't doing much to improve that.
This team needs huge changes to get the kind of elite level core that successful teams have.
A team like SJ that has youngish players like Burns, Couture, Pavelski, Niemi and a lot of valuable older pieces Boyle, Thornton, Marleau could do a re-tool and turn it around fast with a few key pieces.
A re-tool is likely worse than staying the course as it gives the management a stupid idea that they are doing something while delaying the inevitable and wasting years of young guys careers.
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What the Flames have been missing is the 2-3 young guys coming up through the system. This year's Flames with even a fully developed Baertschi and Backlund would have been an entirely different team.
Basically, we'll follow a rebuild more similar to Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal, than Edmonton. The team will try for success but not be commited to it for the next few years. The team will focus on asset management and player developement, as oppossed to tearing it down and building back up from scratch.