Full apathy at this point for me. I even turned off notifications for the Flames on my Score App. Take that!
Some will say "we're right in the thick of a playoff race, how can you just disengage?!" To me, there's a difference between a team that's up and coming in the WC spot (see Flames 03/04 in) vs today's Flames, who are just floundering. Just enough talent to maybe squeak into playoffs, but will be a walkover for our first round opponent.
This core does not have what it takes to win a cup, which is what the ultimate goal is. I would much rather tear this team down to work on getting a new core that hopefully does have what it takes. We tried with this one, but it didn't work. Time to move on.
The give-a-sh*!-meter is far too low for the guys we've got far too much invested into. 4 SOG in the third period of a home game when down by a goal vs a bottom feeder that was missing multiple key players, while we're fighting for our playoff lives? You've got to be kidding me. That's the type of reminder I need to re-instill the fact that this group does not have the will to win. Oh, and the fact that we have 15 regulation wins in over 50 games.
I truly hope ownership and management make the right decision by selling off our assets to retool, as opposed to riding this out with these guys because we're squeaking into the playoffs, which increases team revenue.
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