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Originally Posted by Canadianman
Flames will never go anywhere with Gaudreau on the team.
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Not really true. Flames will never go anywhere with Gaudreau being your best forward I think is more accurate. If you added Gaudreau to the Blues they would get better, not worse. We don't have the elite talent or incredible depth. Period. Yes coaching may be an issue, and I don't doubt the right coach could get more out of this group. You either need some elite talent (Pittsburgh model) or amazing depth (Blues; Knights; Kings(circa 2011/2012)). We don't have it.
We looked like we were getting there at one point. Had Bennett panned out as a consistent top 6 player. Had the acquisition of Fleury or Bishop gone through. I also think we sped up the rebuild after a fluke season in 2015 - that really hurt us. I think we needed one more top 5 pick for this rebuild... it didn't happen, and now I'm not sure how you get out of it without a complete rebuild... I voted retool, but I am beginning to think rebuild might be the answer here. Keep Tkachuk, Dube, Mangiapane, Bennett, Andersson, Valimaki, Hanifin and go from there. Hope and pray you get a 1C in the draft. Oh, and we should hire one of Laviolette or Gallant.