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Originally Posted by badger89
This is why Canadian teams under perform and rarely challenge for the cup!
Top picks in strong drafts are the most reliable way to rebuild. And if you had to pick a three year span to do it, there wouldn't be a better time than now with two very strong drafts in 2013 and 2015. I really do wish we could land McDavid or Eichel next year as we need another top end talent.
It seems like the fans I talk with are all good with another year of rebuilding, but not sure that's management's plan.
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Not sure what more the Flames could do to tank than they did this year. The two main goalies hadn't played in the NHL in years (or ever in Berra's case). They had Shane O'Brien getting a regular shift for the first part of the year and played two goons in most games. You need to have some players being paid to hit the cap floor. I suppose they could have done a Cammy for Heatley type move but that is just going to annoy the fan base.
They tried to suck... but Ramo was better than expected, Gio became elite and the players tried hard and here we are.