Ya, not sure i agree at all.
What the last few games has shown me is that Iginla/Bouwmeester weren't really the top players that took this team to satisfactory quality.
They were below avg at best with that 12+ million, and are marginally worse now. It has also showed me that the next tier of players on this roster (tanguay, cammalleri, giordano, wideman) can't be relied on as guys who can live up to filling the talent/leadership roles on this team.
I realize that moving tanguay/cammalleri at this stage was likely difficult, but why giordano is being groomed as the top dog here baffles me. His level of play has drastically decreased over the last year or so. I would have been very curious what teams like philly that are looking for answers on the Dline would have been willing to part with to get Giordano and hope he can rebound in a new situation.
anyways. flames suck now (13 straight road losses or something, no??), and i just don't see how they improve, even marginally, next season. Flames pick top 5 in the 2013 draft, and are likely picking top 5 in the 2014 draft.
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