[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

A team that constantly drafts in the bottom half of the 1st round (usually in the 20-30) doesn't have a lot of top prospects? I'm shocked!

Also, I like how Darryl left the team with no under 26 talent and no prospects, and Feaster re-vamped it. Especially when our top player last year was Mark Giordano and TJ Brodie, and Backlund and Bouma were 2 vital parts of our team last year.

Lastly, the Flames turnaround was only because of the economy? Does anybody else remember in 2002 when much of the 300's were closed, and the ice being littered with garbage and beer every few games because we sucked too much? Save the Flames campaign because we couldn't get 13k season tickets? Darryl went off the rails and left the team in a mess, I agree, but if you were fan in 2002, there was a night and day difference between 2002 and 2012. I remember in 2002, nobody wore a Flames jersey or T-shirt around town. There were probably more Oilers shirts and hats in high school then Flames shirts and hats, in Calgary. Nobody cared about the Flames then, you could probably tell by the popularity of Calgarypuck then. The reason you care enough to whine and bitch now is because expectations for something other then a top 10 pick were actually built up in Darryl's tenure, something that no other GM has been able to do in Calgary for the past 20 years, for better or for worse.

Time heals all wounds, also many here may be too you to remember the laughing stock this team became in the 90's (BTW thanks for reminding me, jerk).