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Originally Posted by New Era
That's exactly what a rebuild is like. You draft and play young players with promise and hope they develop into something. While you do that you use middle of the road retreads to support those young players and provide "leadership." It's painful, it's ugly, and it's not much fun.
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Nonsense. I can say without question that I had more fun watching the team play in 2013-2016 with all the fun young players than I have from 2017-2021 watching those young players stall out and flatline.
Rebuilds can be fun. You get high picks every year and an exciting new player to look forward to. You cheer for your young players to do well and you don’t get upset with the losses.
I’ll take that over spinning our tires in 7th-10th place every year and maybe making the playoffs to be first round fodder.
Fans can be sold on two things: success and hope. Right now the Flames are selling us on neither, and it’s looking like success is going to be impossible to sell, so why not try again and start selling hope? I bet Ottawa fans are having more fun than we are this season.