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Originally Posted by SebC
A year ago we said we were ahead of the Oilers. This year we still got further into the playoffs than they did. Seems to me the Canucks did not really blow up their teams. New cores surpassed the old ones, but it happened organically.
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What ever they are doing I want some of it. They have been the better org since the late 90s for 90% of the time through multiple GMs so there seems to be some sort of support staff that they have which is making better decisions in the background than the Flames since their GM is not the common denominator. I imagine its in pro scouting, goalie development and yes even amateur scouting to an extent that allows them to keep getting legit star players and legit goalies developed and having actual contending teams every rebuild . Even if the Flames rebuild or fire Tre i'm not so sure the results will be any different as long as the supporting cast (pro scouts, goalie coaches, etc.) in the background keeps surviving every regime change. (Referring to the Canucks not the Oil).
At one point we had Weisbrod (he isnt the mastermind over there either) and we know how that went.
I think there is too much focus on the GM or the AGM and not the supporting staff that seem to affect their choices decade after decade that the Flames suck.