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Originally Posted by New Era
Not even remotely close to great shape. This is an organization that is bereft of top prospects. He gave away 1sts and 2nds like they were candy to make deals happen, and it has dramatically hurt the organization. Our prospect base is horrible and worthy of the 31st ranking it garnered over the summer. To make matters worse there is nothing on the roster that could potentially get us a top end talent without carving a similar hole on the roster. You need to make a deal from organizational strength, and this organization is as thin as they come. There is not a single player in the minors that is beating down the door to the point where you can make a deal of a player of consequence. This is an organization that is hanging on and an injury to a top player from being a lottery team, and I don't mean a minimal-odds-just-missed-the-playoffs type team. This is a team that cannot afford to give up any draft picks, doesn't have the depth in the minors to back fill a position on the big club, and has holes in major places. Not in great shape at all.
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That 31st ranking took Valimaki, Mangiapane and Kylington out of the mix ... and even Pronman in talking to me admitted that the line he drew hurt the Flames more than others.
The Flames have graduated a lot of prospects of late and that can't be ignored on a largely young roster.
9 guys on the roster now and 8 I see as fairly important going forward are 25 and under, which is why this is a retool from the top more than a rebuild or a face plant for the franchise or a firing offence.
Ironically the core guys that have struggled to be who they are the most are core pieces he inherited.