Late replying to this, sorry for derailing the derailment of the previously derailed thread…
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Being forced into a rebuild not because you want to but because too many of your good players want out and then taking the same approach to the next rebuild as the one one that didn’t work out? That fits my definition of doomsday.
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That actually happened to the Flames before. Their first season in Calgary, they reached the third round and looked pretty impressive doing it… and then the wheels fell off, because several key players never wanted to leave Atlanta and had no desire to stay in Canada a moment longer than necessary. Cliff Fletcher didn't get fired. He did a hard pivot, traded everyone who wanted out, and after two poor years the rebuilt team took the 1984 Oilers to game 7.
Kid, this ain't our first rodeo. It ain't even our first doomsday.