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Originally Posted by Major Major
This is about Vanek? He's just not that desirable on a league wide basis, hence the contract. Like many teams, I'm sure the flames saw Vanek as a streaky talent prone to long spells of not caring. Personally, I'm quite alright with that being a long standing philosophical pillar of the team to not want that. And him going on a streak doesn't really disprove that..
But over the years, the flames have tried to make several soft, talent first, questionably motivated players work. You have your Huselius', your Cervenkas, your Hudlers. Hell, Oleg saprykin became a key cog on a playoff run as a butter soft guy. And yes, they tried and failed with guys like Savard and St. Louis.
But those were organizational failures that are on coaching and management of the time. I don't think anyone was holding them up as examples of how to deal with raw or immature talent.
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This organization needs a philosophical change and Vanek may not be the answer to that, but it's also the type of avenue this organization needs to start walking down. If people are happy with the current set up, that's fine, but I'll tell you what, I can almost guarantee another 1st round exit or mediocre finish because that's exactly what we've seen for decades here.