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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
Man, as much as I'd love to see the Flames turn it around quickly, there is pretty much no way this isn't a 4-5 year rebuild process we are looking at.
2013-14 = Baertschi
2014-15 = Monahan
2015-16 = Gaudreau/Jankowski
2016-17 = Reinhart/McDavid 
2017-18 = Compete? |
no rebuild this way works (see edmonton, columbus, etc).
We need to look to the 2nd/3rd/4th rounders that are able to develop into good NHL players, aside from the high first rounders, to be the next Chicago.