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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Problem: There was too much early success in the 5 year re-build... This fooled management to thinking they had core players of a SC contender and they paid them as such and went after UFAs to get there quicker. This is year 5 since Iginla and Bouwmeester were traded and according to a 5 year plan all the home grown talent is just about ready to be contenders.
Home Grown talent since the rebuild: Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Tkachuk, Kulak, Jankowski
The Flames were short of talent and went for the most talented players and did not give a high priority to smarts and character.
The difference between what the Flames did is what the Jets did.
The Flames are close to starting another 5 year re-build.
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The Flames did not go for the most talented players. Treliving is trying to build a certain type of team rather than collecting a talented group of players. That's why he specifically went after guys like Lazar, Brouwer, Hamonic, Frolik and etc.
I watched 5 minutes of the Jets vs the Preds and I saw more talented in those 5 minutes than what I've seen for the last month from the Flames. Incredible top 6 with guys like Wheeler, Scheifele, Laine, Connor, Ehlers, Little, Perreault and etc. Just stupid depth. I'm incredibly envious and jealous of that organization who just always seems to pick the right players.
For us, you take a couple guys out of our line up and we score 1 goal every game or get shutout.