[MarkGio]

Ownership and Management dropped the ball in a few places along the way. Let's look at the building plan:

-- Replace Iginla, Cammalleri, Regher, Bouwmeester, Kipper, Tanguay, and Glencross with a newer and better core that leads to a playoff team.

1) We got Klimchuck, Hanowski and Agostino out of Iginla. 4 years later there's only Klimchuck and he is a long shot to replace Iginla or otherwise be a guy to bring about the playoffs

2) We now only have Poirer from Jbow, and he's a long shot

3) Regher yielded nothing in return

4) Cammy yielded nothing in return

5) Tanguay yielded nothing

6) Kipper yielded nothing

7) Glencross got a sweet return, which helped bring in Hamilton

8) Along the way we replaced our prospects, traded-for players, and young college or international signings of Baertschi, Granlund, Knight, Arnold, Wolf, Berra, Ramo, and Colborne for nothing.

9) Free agents we signed such as Engelland, Wideman, Brouwer, Bolligs, Raymond, Hiller, Johnson, Versteeg haven't made an impact

10) Players we traded for such as Russell, Elliott, Smid, Jones, SOB, Jokipakka, and Chiasson haven't made an impact or put the Flames into the playoffs

10) Draft picks haven't been bad, since Bouma, Backlund, Brodie, Bennett, Tkachuk, Ferland, and Gaudreau have excelled, but at this point we need Jankowski, Poirer, Klimchuck, and otherwise 2013 or older prospects making that jump.

All in all the seasons coming into the rebuild has showed some poor asset management, while post-rebuild the Flames have only made small potatoes in terms of acquiring assets (ie, Kris Russell and Brouwer). Only Hamilton was the big piece the Flames went and added and he has proven to be worthwhile.

The Flames can't scout, so therefore when they make a trade (ie, Granlund for Shinkaruk), it sucks. When they make important draft picks (ie, Erixon) it sucks. And when they make signings (ie Wideman or Knight) it sucks. When you can't scout at the pro and amateur level, this is what you get for results.