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Originally Posted by colbym72
Its not a TERRIBLE team. Its a team on the bubble right now that has some very good young pieces in its core. Arizona is terrible. What Buffalo has dealt with for years is terrible
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This "bubble" team needs one more win this year (or OT loss) to ensure that is has more points in the Gulutzan era than it did in the final two years under Hartley (when I guess it was also a "bubble" team, albeit with younger, less experienced players and they still had a 1st, 4 2nds, 2 3rds, and a 5th round pick)
I say the best chance at a win (or OT loss) to beat Hartley's final two years is the Arizona game. That will be a battle, but it is definitely winnable. Then (if we win) we can average 88 points a season under GG, instead of the paltry 87 points a season we averaged in the final two years of Hartley.
The key is understanding the process. If we can improve by one point per year every two years, we can become a 100 point team on average by 2042. Stick to the longterm process, do not be distracted.
https://www.nhl.com/news/flames-sign...ct/c-289209824
It is like Brad said in the above mentioned article
"We know there's steps to go through and a process to go through. We want to get there as fast as we can without shipping out our future for short term gain"
If we lose our final five games we will avoid the short term gain (vis-a-vis the average of the final two Hartley years). If we win one of the final five games we will have a small short terms gain in exchange for shipping out our future. In fairness to Brad, he said that a couple months before he traded away a 1st, two 2nds and a 3rd.