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Originally Posted by curves2000
I don't want to go too off topic but there is a weird way that the Flames organization markets the team that is rubbing me the wrong way and has for a while. Some directly and some indirectly.
It's always "Tre is always on the phone, in on all the deals" "We are skinning everybody at the draft day table" "Top UFA's signed here" "We spend to the cap to consistently make playoffs even though we don't do crap over the last 20 years"
Bottom line is that this franchise from a reputational perspective , business and fanbase perspective can survive and even thrive. Get the PROPER messaging out. Tell the fanbase and the clients what your doing. Get innovative on marketing, fan support, season ticket holder events etc. Discount some tickets, get young players into the line up. Will the Dome sell out? Doubtful but you can count on some excitement and some hope for the future. This team has absolutely ZERO excitement attached to it and it shows. You can't give the clients and the fans a hardsell BS about how we are some superior managed and elite hockey club and constantly be dog ****
Have a plan and present it! Look at Chicago now, after a decade + of dominance and high performance, they tried a quick re-tool and now are full on about getting a mountain of draft picks and rebuilding quickly through the draft. If they land Bedard or another elite top 3 pick, how long till they fill in the key pieces from their farm club and some solid UFA that they will contend? Very soon.
The sad and scary part is Calgary hasn't even gone through the tough times as a team post 04 lockout. The team and the fan's haven't really paid the price. We traded away our franchise players or lose them to expansion clubs or UFA and never really had a chance to rebuild. No pain and no gain. It's comical if it wasn't so sad.
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Blackhawks have missed the POs for 5 of 6 years (and were bounced in round one in the other). They also lost in round one the previous two years before that run though their regular seasons were good. That doesn't seem like that quick of a turnaround. And they didn't really tank those years anyway. One high pick (and they went with Dach). They traded away a first in 2021 and in 2022 for Seth Jones.