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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
On this point, I continue to believe that this organization's biggest long-term issue is they are asset poor. This has been due to the following reasons that have cut across multiple GMs
- Not trading core players in time to net appropriate value (again the most recent example being what they got from the collective group of Iginla, Bouw, Kipper, Langkow, and Regehr)
- When they have traded core players it has been to address short-term holes (e.g. Phaneuf)
- Poor drafting (e.g. the Pelech, Chucko, Irving, Nemisz string of years)
- Trading picks to patch holes (yes I agree with that)
- Lack of patience. Each re-build attempt has been undermined by trying to accelerate it
The organization is constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul instead of building up an asset base, so that when you are ready to contend you can spend some of that capital to put the team over the edge.
This franchise has needed more assets for decades, and continues to piddle them away. And again it's a pattern that I would argue dates back to the moment Fletcher left.
So why? Is it the owners lacking patience and applying pressure? Is the GMs over promising when/what they can deliver?
Is it the so-called pressure of a Canadian market? I would suggest fans in Canada would more fully understand the need for a proper re-build, yet we see each Canadian team make this mistake over and over again. The Canucks literally followed the flawed Flames blueprint to a tee!
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This is the thing that kills me.
Sell us HOPE. We’ll buy it. Hope is super easy to market well, and Canadian markets would be perfect for it.
Instead? It’s always a rush to mediocrity.