You see it in the fans as well, it's like we've been conditioned to believe that a rebuild is very formulaic and that you believe in every player and see everything through and changing the course at all is indicative of panic.
I mean how many Flames fans were laughing at Steve Yzerman years ago basically saying he was an impatient goof for making so many moves, and playing hardball with guys. It was a lot of fans, I remember it.
But he was always very dynamic and didn't subscribe to a linear rebuild where you draft guys, see every guy through to an NHL spot or failure and then fill any additional needs with free agents. That's Calgary almost to a tee, and it's proving to come with very mediocre results thus far.
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