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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I could see ownership doing the bolded part, but i hope they do not. Flames with a proper rebuild are looking at 4+ years to make the playoffs. This year is probably not going to be the big addition of youth. To many younger veterans on one way contracts. I could see 2014-15 being the flames real youth movement. We all know how youth movements go, they are tough.I doubt the youth movement would learn enough in one year, so the flames are close for a playoff spot for year 3.
The only way the flames beat the 4 year mark is if they spend a lot on UFA going into year 3. The problem is that it will be a losing team going into that UFA market and the top guys will not want to go to Calgary. The flames will end up having to over spend and give term to 2nd tier talent. Sure they might make the playoffs, but they would be screwed going forward to make the "real" goal of winning the Cup.
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Looking historically at some of the teams that have picked high, that 4 year seems to be the water mark. There have been teams that have manged to turn the corner sooner but that has more to do with hitting the mark on later picks (getting quantity and quality in a short period) or getting a generational talent (sid). The flames will not be getting a generational talent so their only hope is the quality and quantity in a short period. Getting 3 first rounders last draft may have helped it all depends on how those 2nd to 5th picks recently develop (Seiloff, Wotherspoon, Granlund, Gaudreau, etc)