Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
When you have senior level employees like Sean Kelso tweeting idiocy comparing Nenshi to Trump you know what level of competence exists in the Flames front office. KK and his staff need a serious overhaul.
|
I agree with this. I have not been impressed with Kingfor sometime and feel he should fall on the sword here. When the Flames courted Shannahan the rumor was Shanny wanted King’s job not the role that eventually went to Burke.
A couple moments that stick out for me are the Iginla trade where King was schooled and embarrassed on the radio by Bob Mcowen admitting they didn’t handle the situation properly.
The other is the building. When all the crap was going on with Edmonton Long would allude to the fact things are movingnin thenright direction for the Flames to avoid similar problems. When Calgary Next finally was unveiled (2-3 years late imo) it was clear that was all talk and the Flames were starting from scratch when they proposed the project.
The Flames made a power move to try and get Nenshi out and their guy in. Didn’t work so here we are. Flames shouldn’t be moving anywhere but the Flames are lucking out with Seattle and Houston expressing interest in adding a team. There are legit market that can threaten the future of the Flames. Edwards and Conwould have to sell the team to Houston(Rockets owner wants to own an nhl team) but perhaps would be able to remain owners and move them to Seattle?
At the end of the day I think it gets done here. Perhaps the Olympics will be the event that can sell the city on making a better deal than they offered? The Flames also need to make some concessions here as well and a middle ground needs to be found. I fear though if Bettman has some personal issue with Nenshi that this could go real ugly.