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Originally Posted by Jore
Only a Flames fan could call the Flames' recent results "pretty consistent success." Yes, I'd take the Devils roster over the Flames. They're certainly not world beaters right but they have blue chip talent coming the ranks, a plan, and consistent execution of that plan. I'd bet on them competing for a cup faster than we will.
The majority of this board can't handle this season because many people saw the problems coming. The team has been stagnant since Jan 2019 and other teams have improved. The GM has sat on his hands and made sideways deals to keep the Flames in our classic 15th-25th place position. We're saddled with declining assets, bloated contracts, and few prospects. I doubt people would have much to criticize if the management announced a plan to actually get us competing for championships openly and stuck to it.
It's pretty amazing how the vast majority of sports franchises have figured out that the way to compete for a championship in the North American league system is to go through cycles of tanking and competing. Yet the Flames soldier on, mediocre for 30 years, patching holes with draft picks, making sideways deals while our talent level gets outpaced by other teams around us. We fight for a chance to get knocked out of the first round. But hey, why fix what's not broken?
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I 100% would take the Devils franchise over ours right now. Nothing is a guarantee and bad management can screw up a good looking young team but no question the Devils situation would be fun to watch moving forward.
If you compare the Flames right now when it comes to contracts, cap situation, age, prospects and picks we are slowly slipping near the bottom of the league. Not good enough to beat the aging teams but nowhere near as loaded as most of the teams at the bottom.
I usually peg 1 or 2 teams every year as the worst team to be a fan of right now (moving forward not including past success). IMO it's San Jose at the bottom. They have some bad contracts and are very old team. Not many prospects that jump out at you either.
Detroit was down there for a few years but I might take their franchise over ours now.
Ottawa was too over the last couple years but they may be ahead of us now too.
Arizona might be the worst right now right there with SJ. We aren't near as bad as these teams but we are getting close if we don't shake things up