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Originally Posted by bubbsy
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.
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It's a little more difficult 'wanting immediate improvement' and making it happen. I'm sure Treliving could trade all our top prospects for veterans or offer guys like niskanen and vanek 8.5m×7 deals (or whatever would convince them to sign here) but beyond that, what could they do realistically? We don't have a lot of trade assets other than prospects and draft picks. We're pretty much at the point where we have to take our medicine. Thank god our current management recognizes this and hopefully there won't be any more half measures or shortcuts taken in a vain attempt to win before we're ready.