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Originally Posted by Tinordi
If I told you four years ago, that by the third year into the Flames' rebuild they'd have a top 10 scoring winger, two very promising and young top centres and two young top pairing D all locked down for the next 4-6 years you'd likely be overjoyed.
All the anger that you have is just irrational fan expectations. Take a look back at how far the organization has come. Expecting to be a playoff contender after 3 years of rebuilding is frankly just dumb. Look how long it takes most teams, it aint 3 years and it certainly aint 3 years for teams that were as badly managed by Sutter/King/Feaster years.
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Add a very promising winger (Tkatchuk) who has established a spot in the NHL in his first year, a group of players with a good shot to permanently make the NHL (Jankowski, Kylington, Andersson, Gillies), another with what I'd call even odds (Mangiapane, Poirier, Wotherspoon, Shinkaruk, Klimchuk, Morrison, Kulak, Culkin).
I'd say the Flames are in OK shape. I think a lot of the frustration on this site is based on Edmonton suddenly having a better record. I think the Edmonton situation is tenuous - they rely on two players heavily (McDavid and Talbot) and McDavid is going to command top UFA-type dollars as an RFA. Not to mention that I think his style will possibly lead to frequent injuries (unlike Gaudreau). Put McDavid on Calgary and not only are they a PO team, they are a contender. Put McDavid on Edmonton and they still might not make the POs.