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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I don't disagree with your big picture / organizational thoughts. It's been rough time for the Flames as an Org. since 2009. But really, getting upset about things that happened before this team acknowledged the rebuild was needed and took a new direction isn't really worth thinking about at this point.
For example, deciding missing this year isn't acceptable because 7 years ago the team made some bad decisions and missed a bunch isn't logical. Missing this year is no more or less acceptable because of what happened back then. Missing this year should only really be evaluated on what it means to the rebuild and new direction of this club, which started 3 years ago. Given most of your young players improved this year, and just how thin the line is between making and missing, while disappointing, I'm not too worried on what this season means big picture.
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The thing is that I think too often the focus is on Edmonton or Toronto and how bad they are. In the grand scheme missing the playoffs this year isn't that surprising when you consider what Treliving inherited for a roster. I mean David Jones and Dennis Wideman at the top of your salary structure....
I am disappointed how much the team regressed this year. They end up 3 points ahead of what the 13-14 team was. To me that's pretty disappointing.
This summer we start to see the roster restructure itself in that the best players will be the highest paid guys, and once Wideman, Smid, and Raymond are gone it will cleanse things considerably.
But if this isn't an 87-88 point team next year, Hartley should be gone. Ultimately I want to see a really good team who has a long run of high level play to show for the poor on ice product from the past few seasons. I get that being impatient will only make things worse. But I do feel that there needs to be some accountability for the debacle that this season was.
*edit worse than I thought...equal to the 13-14 team. Look at that roster compared to this one. No reason for the team to be this bad in my opinion.*