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Originally Posted by Dion
The past is in no way a gaurentee of what's going to happen in the future. Jay Feaster has admitted mistakes and the team is heading in a different direction with the trades of Iginla and Bouwmeester. I would think fans would be excited about the prospect of us not being a team that loads up on aging vets in an attempt to get a playoff spot every year.
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Sure it is no guarantee but it seems to be how most, if not all, people are judged in their job and so far this group has shown 0 hockey sense. They have made poor trades, poor UFA signings, by their own admission badly misjudged the talent on this team and where they were, made an awful offer to Brad Richards and f'ed up the ROR (not just the risk of losing picks but being dumb enough to make the offer sheet.) There is no reason to think going forward that they are going to suddenly gain hockey sense and start making good decisions now.
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Teams are going to have to pair down their rosters to meet the demands of a lower cap. Flames will be one of the few with cap space to spend on players. Unlike other years of UFA's the upcoming compliance buyout will mean there will be alot more players on the market. It's not going to be like years past where the cap was always going up.
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They aren't giving up good it just means more secondary/crap players to overpay and help us get to 10th spot. Meaningful, young players which this team needs are not going to be bought out.
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So having a pick somehwere in the top 6 is something to be negitive about?
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If their was competent management here then I would be very excited.