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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The Flames and Stars actually have a lot of parallels:
- Both teams hung onto the core of their last really good rosters for too long without a realistic shot at contending, until the players lost their value and couldn't be used to jump-start a rebuild.
- Both teams never did a full rebuild with stockpiled picks and a patient draft and develop strategy, but got impatient once they had two or three really nice pieces and started taking short cuts.
- Both now have middle of the road rosters with limited prospects of growth from within, and have to hope they get really lucky with a diamond in the rough prospect or a goalie playing out of his mind to really have a shot at contending in the playoffs.
- Both have struggled to find the right coach.
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The Stars were in bankruptcy protection for 3 years before being sold in 2011. They hung onto their core because they were desperate for revenue to justify a sale.
It was a flat out business decision stewarded by the league at that point.
The Flames? Eh, not so much.