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Originally Posted by dino7c
you are not alone, we have acted like Oilers fans long enough
Chicago won a cup after a couple high draft picks (and some great trades, good lower round drafting)
Pens won a lottery for the best player of a generation and have one cup
Then there are a ton of teams who have high draft picks for years who still suck ass.
Look at the contenders in the league, lots of them haven't drafted first overall
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Not only that, but we had a bad injury year with Gio, Russell, Cammy, Glencross, all key players that were gone for quite a bit... Additionally, I hate to put a lot of blame on Berra, but man did he suck. I don't know what Colorado sees in him (quite frankly, I don't really care), I am just glad he is off our hands because we would have not resigned him. Grabbing Elliott or Emery would breathe a sigh of relief for Flames fans in regards to our goaltending situation.
I just hope we utilize our cap space that we have. Overpaying for Vanek or Jagr at a 1-2 year deal would be amazing. Realistically though, I see Vrbata willing to come down here, or even Michalek if Ottawa doesn't resign him. We just need players that can finish from a good feed by Johnny or Jiri.