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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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When things get back to normal our division will be weak:
VGK = legit
SEA = ?
EDM = meh
LAK = on their way up
VAN = TBD
SJ = could still have a run or two, but not exactly scary
ANA = years away
One real team, and 7 pretenders.
Get to the conf. finals and anything can happen from there.
"Get in and anything can happen" might actually be true for a couple years. But it's still a terrible plan.