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Originally Posted by TOfan
I think there is a lot of truth in this. I think the Flames organization understands their market and voluntarily entering a rebuild is not a palatable business proposition, otherwise it probably would have happened by now. I’m also willing to suggest that the only time it has happened in the past 10-20 years the Flames preemptively got out of as soon as the possibly could with the first Hamilton trade.
It is no coincidence that this team has never drafted in the top 3 and only once in the top 5.
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It’s also no coincidence that they’ve been the iceberg lettuce on the NHL cheeseburger for 30 years. As long as the fans resign themselves to never expect more, why would they have any reason to change course? They’ll continue to keep making money no matter how long the pattern of mediocrity repeats.