At this point I'm not even mad. The hockey gods have not been kind to the Flames and it seems everything that could have gone wrong has. I don't think this team will be in a similar point next year so they need to make this down swing count. The silver lining for me is that this is a short season with a few weeks left. I won't cheer for them to lose, but at this point it doesn't matter.
If they can graduate a couple players from the AHL, or Zary and Pelletier take that next step, it helps the team slot proper players instead of min contracts. Pretty clear this season they have been trying to jam a square peg in a round hole, getting the results you can expect. The hope is that you can get that game breaker in this draft so the Flames can start slotting playing where they should be playing.
Some of the core is young enough that a retool makes sense, you don't have to blow things up. What you need is progression from players, which didn't happen this year. Hopefully Sutter can help with that next season.
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