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Originally Posted by shutout
You dont just jump from Good to GREAT.
Try taking small steps and go from good to being better.
All you have to do is keep improving and you will eventually get there.
No magic way to just become great. But staying where you are and doing nothing is definantly not the way to get better.
The core of this team has issues.
There are enough young pieces that they can continue to be competitive.
If you swap out pieces of the core that are providing this mediocrity you will be better. Lateral swaps, change of scenery trades, even getting back less because of a better contract or a hungier player are all small steps to help the franchise get better.
Start by changing the culture.
Whoever the leadership group (Giordano, Backlunc, Gaudreau) that told Tkachuk that he should tone down his game and not let things get out of control should all be moved. Sends a terrible message to the team.
Tkachuk should be moved because he did nothing but pout about it. If he was going to be the new leader of the team he should have stepped up and said up yours we need to be playing with more passion and be getting involved more instead of sitting idly by with his tail between his legs hugging his big paycheck like a teddy bear.
Team has the talent to complete with most teams if they are prepared, give a crap, and are skating and pushing the play. The fact that they dont do so means it is mostly a character, heart, and mental problem. Any changes at this point in time to those four players means that the team will be better.
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Haven’t the Flames been trying to take small steps to becoming better every year? They’ve continuously improved on paper, but have cannot seem to get over the hump because they’ve basically peaked. I agree with you that the core Treliving decided to go with is flawed. But 2 things, I don’t think this team is that talented or skilled in comparison to the best teams in the league and I also don’t think the young players are going to help take this team any more than a bubble play team. They need to make a big move IMO.