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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Maybe not necessary, but really gives you a leg up as Calgary isn't the only team improving. A lot of teams are rising, the contenders look flat out dominant (when they need to; maybe not regular season games), and young players around the league like Ryan Johansson or John Tavaras or Nathan MacKinnon make the next set of up-and-coming teams look pretty good. We might have Monahan and Gaudreau and Bennett, but so many teams have just as much or more, and I think (or hope) the mindset is that we improve more than they do and become better than they do. A top player like McDavid/Eichel/Hanifin helps that a lot, for sure.
Saying that, I get the idiodic logic of tanking or not being competitive consistantly throughout the season, but I always kind of saw last year as the ideal situation. We battled, competed hard, we were in almost every single game we played, and we still got a top draft pick. And it was probably the most enjoyable season for me personally in half a decade. If we could keep that up wtih a few less wins, but still kept each game close and battled hard and more than anything, showed signs of improvment and growth? That seems more important to me than "wins" ...... and yes I understand you can't orchistrate that exact schenario.
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I hear what you're saying. And I agree that last year we really hit that sweet spot of both being competitive
and still getting a top pick.
But to the bold, I don't think anyone is suggesting that the rebuild is done and the FLames can stop improving.