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Originally Posted by ricardodw

It makes me sad that so many on CP feel that this is as good as the Flames are going to get.

The extra cap space is targeted to keeping this group together. How the heck do people foster the concept of going after Tavares when Tkachuk will be getting 6-8 M the year after next year?

How are Monahan . Gaudreau, Backlund, Gio, Hamilton, Hamonic, Stone, Smith, Frolik, Bennett, Jankowski and a higher paid Tkachuk go from a bubble team with zero depth and compete to a contender? (as it should be when spending to the cap)

Enough with the long term big bucks contracts until they are justified with some significant success as a team.

I think the Flames need to get rid of all individual performance bonuses and make them team bonuses.

Last season was all Elliot's fault, This season everyone was great except Brouwer and maybe Bennett.

Gutzlan somehow had the team on a spectacular run to make the playoffs (when the team supposedly bought into his system) and a year latter he is the worst coach in the league

This team had virtually no injuries and was never more than a point or 3 above 8th place in the conference.

news flash:

This team is worse than the last full season 2011-12 that Iginla Boumeester Jokinen, Tanguay, Stempniak missed the playoffs with 90 points and a rebuild was pretty much obviously need

OK, but how do you really feel though?