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Originally Posted by activeStick
Tanking for an 18.5% shot at Bedard. Not a good plan...
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I get this, from the outside it doesn't look good because they only have a 1 in 5 chance of getting Bedard.
I think you have to look at it this way; with the team they have, it's a 1 in 1000 they make the playoffs. So what do you do? The goal is to win the cup and they wouldn't even make the playoffs so what do they do? Play for pride? How has that helped the Flames over the past 20 or so years? If there was a year to try, this is the year. Bedard looks to be a generational talent but there's lots of other good players that can help a team or be built around.
I give them credit for doing it....as long as they aren't trying to lose games. They're just putting together the worse possible team. Everyone gets excited when a team loads up for the playoffs to go for it. This is just the exact opposite. I wish the Flames would have done this a few times, if Johnny walks I wouldn't mind them doing it again (it wont' happen but if he walks, it should).