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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I was just using the Canes as an example. I would prefer to win a cup, go to the parade downtown and reminisce about the run for the rest of my life, and then suck for a while, then have my heart broken every year choking in round 1 or 2. Didn't we already live through enough first round heart breaks with the Flames from 1990-2009? Was that fun? 30 years from now are Caps fans going to reminisce about the good ol' president trophy days? We make fun of Vancouver for having won ''nothing'' even though they have 2 president trophies. If one of them brings it up, we laugh at them because it means nothing.
LA sold their souls for both cups wins and it looks like they are on the decline now. The Red Wings are finally in the same boat. Ask either of those fanbases if it's worth it to go to a Stanley Cup parade knowing you sold your soul. Maybe not everyone would do it and that's fine. But I would.
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I'm saying I'd rather the Flames turn out like the Pens, Blackhawks or Red Wings rather than the Hurricanes. Those former teams are strong regular season teams year over year (albeit Detroit finally looks like they're coming down to earth) and they always make a legitimate run at the Stanley Cup.
The Hurricanes in 2006 could have just as easy been like the Flames in 2004. Sure, the Cup run was awesome and it gave us good memories. But it was a pretty lucky run they went on and Sutter ended up mortgaging the future for the next five years because he falsely believed we were true Cup contenders.
I don't want to see this team mortgage the future in order to go on one single Cup run that, ultimately, they will win or lose based on the luck of a couple bounces. I want to see them build a sustainably strong team that year-in and year-out is in the top five in the standings overall and is always in the conversation to win the Cup.