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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
The way the NHL works now severely punishes badly or mediocre managed teams. You have to be good at drafting, asset management, free agency, all aspects - just being good a couple facets is not enough. I'm not sure a small team of scouts and a GM can be everything anymore (like how do we have one guy scouting all of Europe?).
There is no cap on back office, this is where you can really spend to make a difference - not just in GM and Coaching but all the other cutting edge sports stuff that great teams (not just NHL) invest in.
Flames will suffer as long as they keep a cheap front office. We dumpster dive for key talent. Every once in a while magic happens like the last rebuild/Hartley.
If you want to celebrate winning the big prizes you are cheering for the wrong team. There is nothing about this franchise that says 'The Best.'
Flames are like the Saddledome, elite in the 1980s when they were new and the league was smaller. But only serviceable now.
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We as Flames fans are pretty much hoping the KIA we just bought somehow competes with the Lexus across the street in every single category. The problem is, more often than not it ends up smoldering on the side of the road. Like for the better part of the last 15 years.
The fact no changes to management are coming at this point, it's becoming crystal clear it will be another "wait for a move that makes sense offseason" that does nothing to advance the roster and its fortunes. Sometimes you just need to cut out the rot, even if it appears to be a step backwards.
Tre doesn't have the gumption to do anything that can cost him his job at this point and it's an incredibly terrible way to manage a team.