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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Doesn't the above suggest we are trending up? If things are getting better, regardless of how slowly, the trend is up.
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In a bubble, yes. But the team needs to be looked at outside of the bubble with the rest of the league as comparison. We've been progressively getting worse season after season, so we're trending down. While our own personal prospect pool is better than it was 2 years ago, so is every other team's (unless they have been deficit spending to an incredible degree - and the teams doing that, generally have a core that we as Flames fans could only dream of having).
When looking at the team in a bubble, ignoring the rest of the league, things are getting better. For the team to actually begin trending up, they need to begin to do things better than the rest of the league. They have yet to do that.