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That doesn't really make any sense to me. Burke wasn't the guy who dealt Phaneuf, Regehr, Iginla or Bouwmeester so using the value they got back as a predictor for what Burke will get for Stajan/Cammalleri/etc makes no sense. Plus it is still to early to completely judge the Iginla and Bouwmeester trades. If Berra develops into a decent #1 goalie then the Bouwmeester trade looks fine. If Hanowski/Agostino turn out then the Iginla trade also looks fine. Too early to write any of those guys off. Do I think somebody else might've gotten slight more for Bouwmeester/Iginla? Perhaps. But that doesn't mean we got complete crap. Those first rounders in a deep year at the minimum were very valuable.
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I know he wasn't the one made the deals obviously, it's just a bad trend for the Flames in the past and until it's turned around it's hard to just believe in current management when it looks more unorganized and chaotic than ever (we don't even have a gm).
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Do you mean nobody usable in the NHL right away?
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Either or, useful players that produce a lot for us over several years that are valuable assets that other teams want.
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Are we screwed for competing this year and next? You betcha. That's the direction we're going, the rebuilding direction. The direction where we accumulate as many young assets as we can and then deal some of them down the line to fill out the team as needed. It isn't enjoyable. It isn't painless.
I guess it depends on your expectations. I currently expect them to lose almost every game. So I'm not crazy disappointed when they do. I still like watching the young players we do have. On the bright side Backlund was given by far the most ice time amongst forwards tonight and he looks like he's rebounded from his mediocre start to the season. He's showing he could be part of the solution. So is Monahan, Brodie, Gio, Russell, Bouma, and potentially Colborne.
I'm surprised people aren't focusing more on how great the Heat have been this year with a very young core. That shows promise, some glimmers of hope, some development. We'll see that fruits of that later this season and in upcoming seasons.
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I'm not as certain as you are, the potential for us to turn things around, develop our prospects, trade for specific role players and improve slowly is a possibility. It's also possible we botch a few more trades, lose our ufa's for nothing and end up sucking for 10 years. I'm not cynical, just a realistic possibility based on the management abilities the Flames presented for a long time. If we get less than a few 2nd round picks for the upcoming ufa's then we are truly screwed.