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Originally Posted by polak
Not to single you out but this is extremely short sighted.
We're talking one win, maybe 5 mins of gratification after the game where you get to be happy and maybe laugh at a canucks fan or two vs. Potentially franchise changing draft position that can literally change the course of this team for the next 10 years....
Plus it's not like you need an extra reason to laugh at a Canucks fan.
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Does anyone really believe this? The players available in this year's draft look terrific, but I have serious doubts that they are of the same calibre as Lemieux, Crosby, Doughty, or *barf* McDavid. Maybe? But probably not.
Moreover, even if the Flames win out over their last two games, I also do not believe that the marginal decrease this will produce to their lottery odds are enough to make all the difference.
I am cheering for a win, because I always do. I like watching the Flames win. As for their draft prospects, I'm not convinced that even landing Laine or Puljajarvi will come with "franchise changing" implications. It is far, FAR more important for teams like TO and Vancouver to get one of the three lottery picks because their future IS currently that bleak. But even with the core of players the Flames have in place today, there are LOTS of reasons to be very bullish about the future without adding one of this year's big three. It would be terrific to draft one of them, but the Flames will be just fine even in the event they end up picking eighth.
So then. GFG.