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Originally Posted by Textcritic
From everything he said, and from his answers to questions, it seems pretty clear that the plan moving forward is to continue to supplement the existing core, and to get back to whatever it was that made them successful in 2010–11. Linden mentioned a few times that the team was constructed to play a certain style, and alluded to problems with the coaching, noting that the plan is to return to an "exciting style" of play that proceeds from their strengths.
This all sounded like very good news to me as a Flames fan. But were I a fan of the Canucks, I would be really concerned.
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Poor guy learned nothing from the Flames. Supplementing a declining core is a sure fire way to crash and burn into a scorched earth rebuild. Asking aging, declining players to replicate their play of their prime years to provide that same exciting hockey is also a recipe for disaster. Linden needs to look past just this years stats to see that the team was declining under AV and it's simply not feasible to expect the same level of play as the way they were constructed three years ago especially now goaltending isn't a backbone of the team.
This is the potential pitfall of hiring a guy with zero management experience as he's acting more like a fan than an objective manager that knows that the style of play is dictated by the current talent/skills of your roster not how it was built years ago.
And a big LOL for him looking at coaches before hiring a GM. This whole thing is so Oilers.