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Originally Posted by mile
It's good to be excited about the possibility about having a player like McDavid or Eichel in the lineup (and would pick them easily given the opportunity), but I don't think we should assume or expect we'll be picking 1st overall next year. Treliving said it himself that finishing 4th worst in the league is a concern - and even if he doesn't mean that, I would be concerned if there wasn't some form of improvement this season.
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I think the management is saying the right things, but if they really wanted immediate improvement in the standings, they would have gone out and invested in improved the roster that finished 4th from the bottom in the league.
Looks to me that any kind of improvement they are expecting, is more an in-house organic growth of the young players, which barring any monumental changes (ie. monahan doubles his point totals this season) is going to result in limited improvement in the standings.
I think it is a smart move. Getting one of the top 2 next season could result in a the flames being a playoff contender for a decade given the strong prospect pool of assets available to build with.