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Originally Posted by Toonage
^^ So...they'll be rebuilding with a young cost controlled Coronato in the line up.
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They dont rebuild thats part of the problem. There's never enough players on this team hitting their peaks at the same time to be a contender. Every team is good for 1 or 2 good players every few yrs, thats not enough to be a contender. The Flames waiting 3 to 4 yrs
every year for their mid round 1st praying its a star talent to push them over the edge will keep them in the middle with everyone else.... by that time other talent on the team will start to age or cap out so then there's new holes to fill.
Before they just needed a 1C and RW, now they need a new Offensive D man to replace Gio, and on and on. They gambled on Fox, Vali, Andersson, Hanafin, etc. Doesn't look like any one of them is going to replace the offence at this point. Now they gamble on Coronato, etc. maybe everything pans out and that spot is filled but then now another spot needs filled someone has aged out of their peak. Their not going to roll full house on picks or 2nd liner trades to fill all the biggest holes on the team its never happened for them before.
Now that that they have a chance to fill the 1C with an elite player and get most players on the team at the same peak performance level in the same window. Why not go for it for once? Unless they somehow get a McDavid level talent do we really believe in 3 to 4 yrs everything will line up perfectly to finally be a contender? We believe all of Pelletier, Zary , Coronato all end up 1st line talents and all our current guys all still perform at near peak level? Thats what it will take for this team to be a contender. they wont run the table on these picks. They need to make some big trades when they get the chance. Picking up Pitlick's and Coleman's every year isnt going to put you over the top.