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Originally Posted by Rubicant
This team is terrible, and has gigantic holes in every area of the lineup that matters. We need to draft our key players in the next 2-3 years as there is no other way to really get them.
There was more than one poster who predicted this outcome about 3 years ago, which is why it is so frustrating. It was painfully obvious what path this team was going down and they have followed the script virtually to the letter. Given that we are currently in a 4 year playoff drought, I can easily see it being 7-8 years out - and that's assuming that management doesn't try to shortcut things.
Teams that are bad for decades are that way because of terrible management, not because they tried to rebuild. In that vein, I too am worried that this might take a while.
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People like to assume that the Flames will blow it up and take a few years and turn out like Chicago. It is just as possible that they blow it up, and turn out like Atlanta. Blowing things up and starting from scratch guarantees nothing.