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Originally Posted by robaur
I watch almost every Tampa game. Kinda easy to watch when Stamkos/Kucherov are playing. The Flames don't have anyone in their stratosphere.
Watching penguins games with Crosby/Malkin are pretty much the same. Hell I bet Oilers fans have fun watching their games just cuz of McDavid.
The Flames just don't have a superstar of that calibre and that's why some people find it boring to watch or are becoming "fairweather" fans.
As much as it was about the Flames winning from 2004-2009, it was just as much about Iginla being one of the best players in the league and getting to watch him every night.
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the flames aren't built in that mold of roster though. They are built, at least the way i see it, as a team with
1) a strong defense that can get the puck back quick, and with the puck moving ability to quickly get the puck up the ice.
2) Not a top line or top 2 lines that have the highest skill level. But rather a team that in theory is 3 lines deep when it comes to scoring prowess and 2 way ability.
That's the way i see the team has been built. The problem is that the team actually hasn't shown the ability to defend, nor do they have depth beyond the first line or two.
If the design of a Cup contending team is to be able to ice a team with the Highest end talent at the top end of the roster, then i guess we need to just go rebuild again, because our "rebuilding years" of picking those guys are already over.
Not stating that there's anything wrong with your opinion. In fact, maybe that's part of the reason that the team isn't where many feel they should be now, or very soon. Perhaps we didn't land the (or enough) impact player(s) during the rebuild years to build around.
Maybe it's that realization that in the cyclical team building exercise that has become common place in the cap era of the NHL, you either draft yourself into a contender, or suffer X rebuilds and hope that eventually something pans out. the challenge is the rebuild cycle is what,
ph1: 2-3 years of trading away players & drafting,
ph2: 2-3 years till that talent hits the peak, and then,
ph3: 2-3 years till that talent has to sign up for their long term big contracts,
ph4: perhaps a few years to give that core a shot at the cup,
then repeat.
If you fail to draft enough home runs during ph1, you basically have to play it out till the cycle completes. It's a long ass time, like almost a decade.
maybe my bordering millenial ass (i'm 36, i strongly feel i fit just outside the definition) is too impatient for that type of gratification/satisfaction from my sports team haha