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Originally Posted by keenan87
Moving star players? Waited way too long on Iginla to start the last rebuild. Basically got peanuts for him. Same deal with Bouwmeester. For this current edition, they decided to keep the same crappy core after continuous no shows in the playoffs. Now, you have players with all time low values.
Coaches - sure, they finally got a legitimate coach after dumpster diving for years. Even the coach they got is buddies with ownership. This wasn't a Boudreau or Gallant type of big hiring.
GM - has gotten zero results over the past 7 years. They keep him around because apparently he is the hardest working GM in the league. What the hell does that even mean.
Pro scouting sucks. Goalie coach sucks.
And all this is evident in a boring product as people have stopped really caring and enjoying games. Right before the pandemic and over the past 2sh years, you can see season ticket holders practically giving away tickets because no one wants them.
I remember back in 2006-2010, I would refresh this forum hoping someone would be selling tickets in my price range and I could be the first to buy them.
Maybe I am alone, but the Flames over the past 5-10 years have slowly sucked the excitement out of me.
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Moving star players like Hamilton. Remember that trade? Treliving’s also been willing to move Brodie and Monahan. He’s also been willing to trade high draft picks. Pretty bold if you ask me.
Yes, they made a move to hire a good coach. You can question how long they took, but you can’t deny they made the move, which you said they refused to do.
And they fired a GM. In fact, they’ve had 4 GMs in 11 years. Which is a lot. You can argue they hired the wrong guy and that the present one should be fired as well, but that’s a different argument.
Saying pro scouting and goalie coaching suck is a completely new argument as well.