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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
The Flames were in no-man's land today. In a playoff spot, so they can't start selling off everybody. Not a good enough team to 'go for it'. Don't need depth players as their depth players have been quite good. Hamonic hurt. Lots of things going on.
This team needs the core forwards, their best players, to be their best players. As long as Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm and Tkachuk aren't consistently the team's better forwards every night they won't go far, like this season has shown us. And you're not going to trade those guys today, the summer is when you start rebuilding your roster with major moves.
I'm not going to rag on Treliving today, the prices were high for buyers. The only thing I think I can look back and maybe be negative about him was his willingness/commitment to the core of this team after the playoffs, saying they deserved another shot at it after having a solid regular season for the most part last season. In retrospect, they should have blown things up before the season, as the team we saw in the playoffs was basically what this team is........not good enough.
This summer will be busy, I think. I would not be surprised to see both Gaudreau and Monahan gone, a new coach, and some other moves here and there. I think this team looks much different in October. Lots of nice pieces in Calgary, make the right moves in the summer and this team could be very good again quickly.
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Couldn't agree more. The problem with the 2019/20 Flames is the way the existing players are playing.
The Flames had several young guns break out this year: Mangiapane, Kylington, Andersson, Rittich, and to a lesser extent Dube, but their best players aren't showing up so the team went from conference leader to bubble team. Just very frustrating. I don't know what is going on with the top end, but it's not good.
I'd actually like to see the Flames keep Gaudreau/Monahan and sign Hall. In terms of age structure, this should be the point where the current core excels...but it's just not.