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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How many times does it have to be said;
WINNING AT GARBAGE TIME HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BEARING ON FUTURE SEASONS. THERE IS NO CORRELATION WHATSOEVER BETWEEN WINS UNDER NO PRESSURE AND WINS UNDER THE PRESSURE OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. FEASTER HIMSELF HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR HIS TEAM TO LOSE BRINGING UP HEAT PLAYERS AND PUTTING THEN IN THE LINEUP. THIS IS WHAT FLAMES MANAGEMENT WANTS AND RIGHTLY SO.
There is no correlation with the Oilers and their futility. They are the extreme and not the norm. There is a reason even well run franchises like the Devils, Hurricanes, and Predators are tanking. It's akin to folding a bad hand in a game of poker. Playing a bad hand to the end results in losing.
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Bah, you're right, but what the hell? Let's do it the hard way. Win the next 3 games. Have a .500 season and let that be the worst year.
Draft a good player 7th to 11th overall. Maybe win the lottery (no party).
Draft two more good young players in round 1 this year and let them develop. Let's see what the offseason brings. We have cap space and can use it any number of ways.
Meanwhile, I would love to see Backlund and Baertschi get 5 or 6 points each this week and play well 5-on-5. I would like to see Brodie be +4 this week. Reinhart keep playing hard and get rewarded. Let's see Cundari hit play well.
Maybe Kipper has another great game or two and decides to stick around for 1 more year, while our goalie prospects sort themselves out.
Maybe Kate Upton becomes a Flames superfan and asks me if she can come over to my place and watch the games from now on.
All of the above is entirely plausible, no?
[Edit: Huh, Backlund isn't playing? Screw it. Let's tank. Kate can come over to my place and cheer for Nashville.]