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Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
I used to want us to lose to pick up a top pick. Specifically MacKinnon. I was on the whole no winnin' for MacKinnon bandwagon. But I dont think its good, especially now that we have players with the big club who will play a significant role in the future of the team. Brodie, Backlund, Baertschi, Gaudreau, Granlund, Ferland, will all be playing on the Flames at some point in the season and if we are being owned 4-0 every night its A) not a good way to learn IMO. B) Kills confidence (important with youngsters) C) It will ruin our teams reputation and ability to land big FA's when we need to down the road. D) Its very oiler-like and if you ask me its part of the reason Hall, Eberle, Yakupov, RNH and a few others havent been as good as they should have been in the NHL thus far.
I would LOVE McDavid, or Eichel. But Hanfin, or Kylington will be just fine if the choice is building a losing environment and basically the equivalent cheating imo - trying intentonally to do worse than you can, to be rewarded after the season with a higher rated young player.
In short - players like Ekblad, Mackinnon, McDavid - they dont come around often and they do make me drool just imagining them on our team...but its NOT WORTH IT. Especially since a lot of times in a deep draft; guys like Monahan, Bennett and Drouin, etc and others who go just after the top 2-3 picks turn out to be the best players in the draft. Who knows what will happen. Lets not lose on purpose though. Thats no good.
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Agreed! But tanking is a very grey term. I am a Jets fan and was so disappointed last night. Our goaltending is going to be awful this year! So do we fix it or not?
I think Calgary would be wise to get rid of some players that are just not a part of their future. Wideman would be an example! So is it tanking to dump Wideman and let a younger defenceman develop? If he isn't part of your future and you move him then maybe you drop a few spots as you develop someone new but you may pick up a better draft choice for your future. So what does it mean to tank?
Calgary has some great prospects right now. Gaudreau looks good, Monahan, Bennett, etc., but I still think they are well short of the top 5 teams in the West. Add Eichel or McDavid and I think you could be a heck of a lot closer.
I would just play the young talent and see what happens. I saw 5 games last year and the team was so much more entertaining than when Iggy and Bouw were mailing it in. I will go to another 5 or more games this year based on the young talent I saw last night. Who knows? I could get to like this team more if Winnipeg doesn't tank and get Eichel or McDavid!