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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Anyone who though this would be a 4-5 year rebuild were kidding themselves. The roster and group of prospects handed to Feaster had virtually no young talent. His hands and feet were tied first by King/ownership, who intitially wouldn't let him do a proper rebuild, and then by Iginla, who effectively would only go to two teams.
At that point, the Flames were faced with essentially building a team from scratch. That takes more than 4 years. If you want to blame anyone, blame Sutter and the Flames ownership for doing exactly what the Canucks are doing now, and persisting in their delusion about being able to avoid a full rebuid.
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While objectively true, you are just trying to rationalize the complete failure this organization has been this year. And to put it mildly, it is Oilers-level incompetence.
Nobody should have realistically expected we'd be the Chicago Blackhawks right now, but the complete and utter lack of progress is 100% entirely the fault of Brad Treliving. "But Feaster" is not a valid excuse. He is so far in the past now that he is completely and utterly irrelevant. It was Treliving that failed to fill the hole created when Hudler left and he hired incompetent coaches that came from loser franchises. And while his early cap management issues could have been expected to hold us back a little this year, we still should be a team trending up. That we are not is on his shoulders.