I would say one more year of allowing Monahan, Gaudreau, Brodie, Hamilton etc to develop along with Brad strengthening the roster along the way and I would expect to be a strong playoff team by the 2017/18 season.
Many on here are just frothing at the mouth as if we should be there already and cut everyone in the franchise down from 4th liners to management every time we lose, but I think those that have followed the NHL outside the Flames can see that
A) rebuilds aren't linear, and
B) They take time even when you have great pieces in place. Those pieces still need to mature and adapt to the NHL.
It blows me away when you have guys on this site proclaiming "We've already got what's supposed to be franchise players in place like Hamilton, Bennett, Monahan and yet the results aren't there, obviously something's not working, something not right with the team".
This is a very good rebuild, imo. Of course it may not work out, but judging that now as if it's the finished product is incorrect. Our core young guys will likely be the a big part of the finished product, but acting like how they're playing now is how they'll play in two years is asinine and seems to be negative posters happily fulfilling their own prophecy.
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