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Originally Posted by kevman
We find out it wasn't the coach. The players struggle more under a new coach. A team that is only in a mini slump ends up dropping 10+ in a row. The Flames find themselves in last place. They win the draft lottery with a pick they traded away. Players trade values plummet when they perform even worse with the new coach. Guys begin asking for trades because of the way the coach was handled and the direction of the team. The Flames follow the decade of darkness rotating coach carousel as demonstrated up north... 
Not that I think that's what would happen. But when the team is currently a winning team, who are very much in the playoff conversation, "the worst that could happen" could be a lot worse. |
I'm sure the first rounder is lottery protected. Most traded firsts are since the Kessel incident.