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Originally Posted by nik-
You need to look at the state of the franchise. Winnipeg is a draft away from picking second overall.
We're trading away multiple rounds of picks to go for it. You think the expectation of results vs process is the same in those two organizations?
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They had 99 points in 14/15 and were hailed as an up and coming power.
Then they completely under performed for two seasons under Maurice.
Finishing with 78 points and 87 points and putting a big chunk of the blame on goaltending.
Now they finally took the step that people thought they would take in 15/16 in 17/18.
So yeah it wasn't like drafting Laine was the signal of some big rebuild - it was more a season of extreme disappointment. You could easily argue that the biggest mistake the Flames made this year isn't on Gulutzan but is actually on Treliving for giving up the assets he did to acquire Hamonic.