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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
One area where the team has no cap is management. Why don't the Flames go get guys like Holland and Babcock? Offer them a stupid amount of money. That money will ensure that the. Flames get the most from the 68 (and counting) million dollar payroll.
Flames are never going to be better than a bottom ten team unless they hire the best managers.
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Well, lets be honest though - the Det, NJ, Col teams had a lot of their success pre 2005, and pre salary cap. They weren't managed by geniuses, they just had the best teams money could buy.
It wasn't like Calgary WANTED to trade Al MacInnis and Theo Fleury. They were trying to operate like a business instead of an Illich pizza empire toy.
Success since then? Well, it helps to draft Zetterburg and Datsuyk out of nowhere, have one of the best NHL defensemen in history.
Colorado has floundered since they couldn't buy championships anymore. Ditto for Dallas.
The "20 year view" (which is great BTW) has to take into account the different landscape once we got financial parity. It's not like all these teams were head and shoulders smarter than everyone else.