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Originally Posted by Igottago
Sure, its progress to move from terrible to moderately competitive. But at the outset of the rebuild what was the goal? To build a team capable of making the playoffs more frequently, but rarely get past the first round? That's not much different than the entire history of the franchise.
The bar is always set so low for this team. The rebuild should've been the path to building a contender. You can't guarantee a Stanley Cup, but it would be nice to see a team that could at the very least make noise in the playoffs and look like they had a shot at it for a few seasons. It doesn't look like that has materialized with this rebuild, and Treliving has overseen the majority of it.
Look I like a lot of what he's done too. But the results I think most fans are hoping for just haven't been there. He's running out of time for this iteration of the Flames to get it done.
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I agree he is running out of time but the clock is still ticking. We are not talking about our best players being 30+ with the exception of Gio and newly acquired Markstrom. I get that people are down on this team but I believe they are a good team that has been playing badly.
I posted this in the Monahan thread but I don’t think our top young players were able to hit the ceilings they appeared to have when they were much younger and what they appeared to have up until the Super Bowl in 2019 (the day the bye week started that season).
Let’s see what happens the rest of the season because a playoff miss or another first round embarrassment then I am likely with those that want the change now. I am going to wait and see how the rest of this year plays out.
I have also said this in countless threads but there are so many people on this forum who simply choose to not care or understand how terrible our market is. A small, cold city in the middle of Western Canada. You get the fishbowl lifestyle of a major market but without the bright lights of a big city. Tons of travel, and the worst facility in the league. Honestly to hope to build a consistent contender a ton of luck is needed and there hasn’t been a Canadian team to be able to do that since the 09-13 Canucks.