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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Tanguay basically quit on his buddy. He liked him a lot better when there was Roy, Sakic, Fosberg Bourque and Blake on the team.
When did you first understand that the Flames 1st round pick in the 2015 would be top 6?
This is a clear cut example of an organization tanking.
The Flames are playing a guy with a near league worst -22 almost 20 minutes a game and giving him PP time while he is scoring at a 4th line rate.
They are playing 2 27-year old basically rookie Euro goalies
The Flames have lost 16 games by 2 or more goals ...
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I understood this the moment Feaster announced they were rebuilding last year - thanks for the reaffirmation.
Now tanking - let's talk about this Ricardow.
This thread is about Hartley. Hartley does not make trades, correct? Hartley does not sign players, correct? It is irrelevant to say that the on-ice talent level proves in any way that Hartley is tanking. The organization is rebuilding, and rebuilds are of course 'designed to fail' in a number of ways - and that is another argument in terms of tanking.
This thread is about the Coach - Bob Hartley.
Now, I can only assume you watch Flames games. Can you say with a straight face that Hartley is helping in any way to intentionally tank?
"Tanking" teams don't give much effort. They don't sit healthy-scratch highly thought of rookies (who the crowd wants to see, but who usually make rookie mistakes costing their team).
Hartley has done nothing in his tenure thus far to suggest he is in any way tanking.
Your cherry-picking stats has NOTHING to do with Hartley 'tanking'. When did you first understand that rebuilding teams have many poor stats to show?