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Originally Posted by toquester
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.
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I doubt it. Atlanta didn't spend to the cap. Show me one team that blew it up and then spent to the cap that sucks. Truth is, you can't. If we blow it up, get some solid pieces in the draft, and then, through smart management, fill the rest of the holes on the roster through free agency/trades while spending up to the cap, this team will be successful. Maybe they don't win the cup, but they become a respectable team that is in the conversation of winning it for a number of years.