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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
I think it's just too high of expectations from people coming into the season and ultimately it's people's own fault. No one on the team was talking about the rebuild being over. It's not even quarter of the way through the season. People are ready to quit on the team and it's embarrassing. We started the season with a player on a PTO at training camp as our first line right winger. Where is this "depth" people thought we magically have that we don't. Anyone who didn't expect the highs and lows we've had is living in a fantasy. We need more pieces to the puzzles nd even without them we have quality in other areas that might allow us to squeak into the playoffs this year. Anyone who had high hopes or is shocked at where we are is someone who definitely was wearing rosey coloured glasses at the seasons start.
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I think making excuses for what is shaping up to be regression in the 5th season of a rebuild when we're spending to the cap and locked into a core is just burying your head in the sand and like someone said earlier, trying to make yourself feel like a better fan.
I said it earlier, if you consider this to be a normal rebuilding year and a just a regular continuation of the current rebuild then consider the fact that whoever we draft this year will most likely be 4 or 5 years away from being an impact player in the NHL. This core will already be at the end of its life cycle by then. How can you say thats just business as usual?
Before this season started, did you expect to be trading any well performing vets for picks at the deadline? Why were we signing more veteran players and only starting the season with one rookie if they were planning for this to be another rebuild year?
And that's just talking about the idea that this was supposed to be a rebuild year. Haven't even got into the fact that this could be a year of regression. A lot of Flames players had career years last year so this has the potential to be an awful season if things don't start turning around soon.
Anyways, I really hope management doesn't have the same mind set as you. 5 years since trading Iginla, did you think we would be trending towards having another top 8 pick?