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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Only when your rebuild has failed but you are too stubborn to start over again and cling to the faint hope that you can get hot at the right time.
A team should have one of two goals.
1. Build a legit Stanley cup contender
2. Win a Stanley cup
Flames are always caught in the middle it seems.
They're trying to win a cup without a legit cup contending team. So then the mantra becomes "let's make the playoffs and see what happens" lol
Heh, maybe it works this time.
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Isn’t that still aiming for the cup? How is that aiming low?
If they’re trying to win a cup without a “legit” cup contending team, they’re among probably 20 other teams trying to do the same.
I just think it’s exceptionally pointless to hold the expectation that you better be Pittsburgh in their prime or you better be burning it to the foundation like Arizona. Plenty of teams go from “one of the 20” to Stanley Cup winner. Plenty of “legit” contenders never win and rebuilds never rise above one of the 20.
They’re all aiming for the cup though.