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Originally Posted by Royle9
I find it funny reading all the "holy art thou" posts regarding Calgary's seemingly glaring goaltender choices which apparently equal the desire to tank. I get it, we don't want to be nor look like Edmonton Oiler fans here but can you honestly say you'd prefer to play yourself out of a lottery draft pick for the sake of "pride" if that's what you want to label it?
Does anyone outside of the Flames organization care if we place 20th instead of 28th-30th? What good does it do the team, the city, the franchise other than the fact we can say "we didnt tank" which I agree doesn't look good on paper.
But honestly, moving forward with our 0% shot to make the playoffs, all I want to see is the young kids play well, get points and the team chemistry continue to build for next year. I don't need the big 2 points moving forward in the standings, count me in the group of people who want that top 3 lottery pick which helps propel the rebuild next year.
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I don't think there's a whole lot of what the Flames did this season that can be considered respectable or worth a sense of pride.
The silver lining is that if the Flames finish 3rd last or 2nd last, they at worst get a 5th to 6th overall pick. That's the difference between Monahan and Nurse or Bennett and Dal Colle.