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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Since the trade deadline, I've noticed something about the general direction of discussion on the board.
Lots of resigned 'next season' talk. Talk about how the Lightning are a foregone conclusion, how the Flames better hold onto their picks, about how the window is just opening so no need to do anything drastic like try to improve the team this year.
It feels to me, anecdotally, that a lot of the fanbase on this board was so underwhelmed by the trade deadline that they've shifted focus to next year already.
"How to address the goaltending?" "Is Talbot salvageable?" "Who can the Flames take a run at in free agency?" "Expect the Zucker deal to happen in the summer."
I think most of us see it, some are willing to talk about it, while others have shifted gear. 'Positivity' is still the order of the day for many of these posters, but the topic of positivity has shifted away from a team 2nd overall onto a nebulous 'next season'.
It's sad, honestly.
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I think you are reading selectively, and following a seven-game win streak I would not characterize the general mood of the Board as "sad."
The truth is that there were lots of posters who talked about how goaltending would not be addressed at the deadline, and that this was something which would need to be fixed in the off-season. Posters have been saying as much since well before Christmas.
Leading up to the trade deadline there was a lot of excitement about the Flames making a major push to acquire Mark Stone, but there was also a lot of angst about the cost of such an addition. In the poll there were numerous posters who called for the Flames to stand pat, or only to make some depth moves.
I think it is abundantly clear here that you are projecting your own disappointment on the fanbase and on CP. Let's be real, here:
YOU are disappointed.
YOU are the poster who is sad.