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Questions and thoughts on your post.
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The Flames were 27th in the league last year and lacked some physicality. Ok, I get this point the Flames were bad last year and according to some subjective observations lacked some physicality. I can agree with this.
They will probably be about 27th or 28th in the league this year as well. I agree with this as well, the flames will probably be at least that bad this year.
They will barely make the cap floor. This is where I get confused. Unless Burke and company are trying to lose could they not address your second point by signing some free agents and vastly exceeding the cap floor and maybe become a 23rd or 24th overall team. Are there not better options to address your second point than Engelland
And people are up in arms about how much the #6 defenseman is going to get paid and/or how good he is. I do not understand how this is at all relevant to your first 3 points. Should fans not care that Treliving and company signed this guy to a big ticket relative to his standing as a #6 dman because the Flames suck and will suck and are refusing to spend money to prevent said suckage? Why in your opinion is the fact that we will suck at all relevant to whether or not fans should be upset about said contract?
lol lol indeed at this contract and the teams unwillingness to address the fact that they are icing a bottom feeding roster (unless the Flames are trying to lose in which case I personally support that and say that this signing goes above and beyond the call of duty to demonstrate dedication to losing.)
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Are you are suggesting that the Flames should have spent
more in free agency in an attempt to get better (i.e. 23rd or 24th overall)? I doubt many people would agree with you, however:
1) I would love to hear how you think they could have done that - personally, I believe that attempting to build a team through free agency is a fool's game that is destined to fail, but nonetheless, please tell us how (and why) the Flames could get to 23rd or 24th overall...
2) signing Engelland does not preclude them from doing what you suggested
With respect to your point that fans should be mad that the Flames aren't doing anything about 'said suckage'... again how does signing a player make them suck
more? It isn't a logical argument. You may not like him as a player, but adding him to the team does not make them worse.
And how much he gets paid (since the Flames have zero chance of approaching cap jail) has absolutely no effect whatsoever on
said suckage.
Your argument doesn't support your anger.