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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It kind of annoys the #### out of me that after winning a President's Trophy in 2009, a Cup in 2011, playing in another Cup final in 2013, having a 117 point season in 2014, and what equates to 5 out of 6 100+ point seasons from 2009-14, the Bruins have already cycled down and retooled into a young, fast Cup contender again.
Yet here the Flames are, plodding along just being the "Flames".
All rebuilt and mediocre as ####, just like always.
At least we're not the oilers I guess, but come the #### on already. When do we get a real contender to cheer for, instead of an average to maybe slightly above average team full of holes and riddled with inconsistency?
End rant.
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Yeah. Waited a very, very long time to see some real, actual success with this team - to confidently feel like we one of the top handful of teams that has a real shot. To become the next Blackhawks, Capitals, etc. I was given the impression that the Flames were tearing it down in 2013 to build the team properly, the right way, and that the patience would pay dividends.
And that patience looked to be paying off nicely, and even giving us glimpses earlier than expect in that 14/15 season.
The last couple years though it's like we're running on a treadmill rather than continuing to climb the stairwell to greater things.
Dumping Bob and bringing in a relatively inexperienced coaching staff was a gamble, but given nearly two seasons where it feels like we're on a plateau of just putting along hovering around the bubble, working towards, well I don't know what, exactly? It's pretty clear to me that some key ingredient is missing, because these kids are still growing, or should be, yet the on ice product as a whole isn't progressing. I don't think this coaching staff has that veteran experience/savvy to know how to push these guys to the next level.
And in the process we're chopping down years of what could be a window on an experiment that's yielded nothing spectacular or surprising in a good way.
This fan purgatory particularly sucks when the team only plays to its potential away from its own fans, on top of it. And nobody on the team appears to be getting up in arms about it. This home ice play is not okay for a team with this roster!
Just want to see another step forward, don't care how that happens. Surely management drew up a plan and the end result didn't look like being a sub .500 home team getting outclassed every odd night in their own building, even with the really good goaltending they've been receiving. There are teams that would kill to get the play we're getting between the pipes. And we're just plain not taking advantage of that gift. This is exactly what we said we needed after last season, and we've got it, yet are somehow no better for it.
/Anyway, that sums up my thought on things up till now. So let's hope there are more fun and exciting things to write home about the rest of the way. A streak, a run, something good.