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Originally Posted by Vinny01
With how quickly this fanbase had turned on Tkachuk I have zero confidence there is patience to go through the necessary rebuild these same fans claim to want. The guy went from future captain to must trade for a bunch of you due to 50 games. I don’t see how that same fan can be patient to sit through more than 5 years of being the joke of the league.
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The fanbase turned on Gaudreau just as fast and he's accomplished a lot more than Tkachuk. It seems like too many fans have Tkachuk on a pedestal but he's no more special than other players. Remember he's the one that wanted the bridge contract to get to free agency quicker. Hard to give a guy the captaincy when his main focus appears to be cashing in at free agency as soon as possible.
The Flames have been mediocre for decades and since Treliving has taken over have had one season where they were a comfortable playoff team. The rest of the time they have been a fringe team and getting worse year after year. I don't know about you but I would gladly take a few painful seasons of rebuild over the current painful seasons of mediocrity. Outside of Peters first season, the team hasn't been fun to watch in pretty well every season post-Hartley. I'm not sure why any fan would want to sign on for a continuation of what we have seen this season and make no mistake this team may not be rebuilding but they are no better than a rebuilding Ottawa team so if the team is going to be bad they may as well do things right.