[Yeah_Baby]

I think the frustrating thing in hindsight is that we had a young core developing together, Monahan, Bennett, Gaudreau, and Tkachuk.

Sean's body betrayed him.

Sam wasn't developing like many expected, bounced back with another team, and has now returned to earth.

The Johnny thing was out of the Flames control largely and Matthew wanted to take his ball and go elsewhere.

The fact of the matter is hockey players are people, and no organization in sports, the public or private sector can plan for every potential outcome of the human element.


It's been a REAL tough year. And yeah when the team is winning it's easy to glaze over what we feel are long term shortcummings of the team. But I don't think we can over estimate how the no playoffs young gun era in which the future of the team staying in Calgary hung on the edge of a knife informs Ownership's approach to the business. I sort of think it like folks that lived though the depression that still have cash under the mattress or in the freezer.