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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I just don’t agree with this at all. While I understand what you are saying you can’t turn this thing around in 3 years like you suggest and really expect it to be much better than it is now.
I also disagree about the process piece you say the Flames didn’t have. I have made the comparison that the “find a way Flames” team was similar to emergency recall Baertschi. The expectations were raised too high too quickly. When Hamilton was added and then moved it made perfect sense to me from a rebuilding perspective. Tkachuk’s rookie year they make the playoffs and Treliving made what I think was his worst personnel move as a GM which was the Hamonic trade. I know the organization viewed him as a top pairing Dman and basically wanted to roll out 2 top pairings especially since they were facing McDavid a bunch. Horrible pro scouting and the move crippled the rebuild. I thought pivoting after that year and moving Ferland and Hamilton for Lindholm and Hanifin was great as the team moved a 2 players aged 25/26 and a prospect who refused to sign for a 23 and 21 year old. Somewhat reset the rebuild and acquired arguably our best player in Lindholm.
Once the team responded with 107pts they were all in to win. This looks to be the second year they took a step back so maybe the Flames pick high this year, trwde Gaudreau and Monahan but I don’t want them to go into tank mode. They can pivot and still push forward with Lindholm, Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Dube, Hanifin, Andersson, Valimaki and Markstrom.
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Lindholm as our best player is not good enough. He’s not elite. If that’s the top-end of our roster, then all you have is a 15th-25th placed team, which is all we are now. It’s about getting to the top 1/3rd of the league consistently, and this team is nowhere near that with a roster constructed the way you have it put together. Those players aren’t good enough.