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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Rebuilding teams suck. They just do. Because the guiding principle of a rebuild is that the future matters more than the present. The Flames are 20 games into the rebuild. If fans are freaking out now, I can't imagine what they'll be doing 200 games in.
You can't wave a wand and add talent to an NHL franchise. Ultimately, you have to draft it. Feaster inherited a team with maybe the worst collection of under-27 talent in the league. It was clear to some of years ago that it would take many years of strong drafting to ice a Flames team with elite talent.
As long as Iginla was on the team, there could be no true rebuild. If you think the decision to trade Iginla and initiate a rebuild was in Feaster's hands.... Well, I don't know what to say.
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Exactly, rebuilds don't happen in 20 games. We are just beginning an experiment. You don't cry failure before you can even begin to see the results. Expect the same or worse for a while. If the flames are having the same problems 4-5 years down the road then the conclusion can be made that the rebuild and management were unsuccessful.