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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I agree but their tank-build model began in 09/10
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Yeah but just because the post- Ryan Smith rebuild failed I don't think you can completely discount those 2/3 seasons from their history of suckage.
For the Flames you probably could say that phase one of our rebuild started on January 31st 2010 when we traded Dion Phaneuf and Olli Jokinen in a 48 hour time period.
It didn't work but that would technically still be Phase One of the Flames Rebuild (Jan. 31st 2010 to March 28th 2013). The major difference being the Flames never drafted top 10 during that time frame, while as Oling mentioned the Oilers did multiple times including 3 picks in 2007.
Similar to the Oilers in that it took us 3 seasons of tinkering before we really started to blow it up.