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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Blow it up?
How about making a change or two? To me the period of inactivity that resulted in the decay of the current club began at the trade deadline in 2020.
Some of the moves that weakened the asset base and created cap problems started before then.
It's just everything.
The UFA signings haven't helped.
The goalie and coach carousel.
Poor use of draft picks.
Lack of impact of new talent coming from within the organization.
Poor cap management.
I acknowledge I'm highlighting the negative here but even if things had broken a little differently with regards to player performance, I feel we'd still only be treading water.
IMO the best argument in favor of keeping BT is the fear they might hire another Jay Feaster.
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The 2020 TDL? I can’t see any possible move at that time that moves the needle, based on the team needs. Goalie and coach carousel? Sure. But I think the players have proven that coaching wasn’t really the underlying issue. Sutter will, in time, coax a few more points out. He’ll make the POs. But the exits will continue with this core.
Poor use of picks - that’s a complaint but it doesn’t change the present fortunes of the Flames. No pick that was traded except around the Hamilton acquisition (which was good) has had time to make any impact on an NHL team. You can, I guess, second guess that one into a Barzal draft. But now you don’t have Hanifin or Lindholm. You may wish to have the 2018 pick back, but that player is not impacting the Flames yet.
Neal was a mistake that impacted the team. Another $6M player could help. Enough? I kinda doubt it.