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Originally Posted by Ashasx
What hockey deals are you going to make with Monahan, Giordano, and Backlund right now that are actually going to help the team? Other scouts and GMs are watching the corpse of Monahan out there just as much as we are.
Make deals for the future. Don't try to Phaneuf 2.0 this. Just move on and accept defeat.
The only way to consistent, long-term success in this league is through the draft. You NEED a number 1 centre in this league to compete. The only way to get those players is through the draft.
Take some pain for a few seasons and do it right. It just delays the inevitable otherwise.
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Not gonna feel enough pain unless we move Markstrom. I'm not even convinced he's a perrenial Vezina candidate, but I think he keeps us out of the bottom 5.
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Originally Posted by Pointman
Excellent post. You can add Burke to Feaster path.
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Except he was just hired by PIT...
He did set CGY on the wrong path just as he did in TOR. Unfortunately ownership/BT chose to keep doubling down.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
What do you mean look what the Leafs did? They were in purgatory for a decade before they got Matthews. Outside of one fluke playoff appearance in the lockout shortened season they were a decade without playoffs and had top 10 picks from 09, 12, 14, 15 )not to mention trading them away in 10, 11).
And what have they accomplished? Less than Treliving’s Flames
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So much this. TOR is still a deeply flawed team. Next year they'll probably be scrapping with MTL for the 4th slot since TBL, BOS, and FLA are back in their division. If they didn't have BUF, OTT, and DET in their division they probably have a tougher time making the playoffs these past few years.
Let's see them make it out of the 1st rd in a normal year before we crown them.
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Originally Posted by Ashasx
If the Flames trade every single roster player, including younger players like Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Valimaki, etc. Yes, it would probably take 5-7 years.
But rebuilds are not exactly linear. We saw how the Avs went from progressing one season, to falling back for a couple, to now being a juggernaut in the league.
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Sounds like you're actually advocating a re-tool...?