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Originally Posted by chedder
I'm on team retool as I don't think they'll go scorched earth ever as an organization.
But I'm also on team tank for this year. Nothing to gain from squeaking into the playoffs (and I don't think there's a chance they do anyway). A first round pick in the teens seems to not help much. There are no fans in the stands etc.
Therefore, even though it's a supposed weak draft getting the best centre available couldn't hurt.
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Retooling might be ok if this division wasn’t so stacked at the top. The Flames will never surpass the Avalanche or the Knights. The Jets are such a well run organization and draft so well that they’ll always be competitive and the Oilers looked to have finally turned the corner. If the Flames are not part of the top 4 of the West, then what’s the point? They’ll be first round fodder forever.
Just pivot, rebuild now and hopefully by the time the next core is ready, the current elites will have peaked and we’ll be the top of the division rather then somewhere in the middle. We as a fanbase have to collectively raise our standards and stop accepting mediocrity. Winning a first round playoff series isn’t a Stanley Cup and that seems to be the closest thing this group of players will get us.