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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Let say we discount this last year
Do you seriously think this team can win a playoff round? Especially without Bennett now?
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Well, that’s a tough question to answer. What alternate universe are we in? The team as it was constructed at the beginning of this season, the team at this moment, or the team next season? Two out of these three scenarios don’t matter, frankly.
I think the team at the beginning of the season was one that should have made the playoffs. Why didn’t they? Don’t know, but it was likely several factors. Had things gone better, do I think they could have won a round? Yeah, that could have happened. If they were a playoff team, chances are Bennett is still here. Even if things had gone better though, I don’t think this team would have been seen as a contender, or close to it for that matter. No argument there from myself on that.
The question, I think, shouldn’t be ‘is this team going to rebuild?’, because , I’ll go out on a limb here and say, they’re not. The question is how are they going to improve? I think this organization is set on making incremental improvements, opposed to whole sale changes. I think that is the way it is and how it has always been. I think that is what ownership, Treliving, and Sutter will do, they will look to make retool, or whatever term you might want to use, and look for bounce back performances from the majority of the roster along with a trade or two to address roster construction. I know that’s not the sexy way to go about it or what a lot of people want to see, but I believe that is what the Flames will do.