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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
What franchise is worse than the Flames.
Arizona. I guess. So second worst.
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Honestly, I don't even agree with this anymore. Arizona has a clear plan. If we're assessing where organizations are today, and judge teams on playoff success in the modern era of 2005-2006 to current day, I don't think Arizona is worse than us. They're in a better position today than we are, and since 2005-2006 they have won two playoff rounds - how many rounds have the Flames won? It hurts, so I agree with your original statement that the Flames are the worst run organization.
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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
That's fn crazy.
3 hours north we have a franchise that blows chunks but won the right lottery at the right time (with several tries) and had a mayor who wanted an arena development area more than he wanted to flip the bird to pro sports.
A dozen other teams have been horrible for parts of the decade and are still no better than the team here now.
Accepting Arizona as the floor, go ahead and name the teams that are above the flames by record in the last 3 years. Go 5 if it makes you feel better.
I am not expecting a great Flames story, but 'worst run' is emotional nonsense. The Habs have been better? Ooh those Jets. Maybe it's the Canucks you are thinking of.
Or the Coilers who are your deadbeat neighbour who won the lottery and now drums around in his bitchin camaro as though the mustard stain on his wifebeater went away.
Edit: I'd add this is also the team that had everyone wear pride jerseys. They fired (at cost) Peters because he was a dick in the past. They support a million things and the leadership has proclaimed that engaging the community is a non-negotiable. Does all that scream 'worst run'?
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The Oilers are the significantly better team today and they absolutely caved our face in last season. You know for all this rubbish that they are so poorly run (and they absolutely for a time), guess how many playoff series they've won in the modern era of 2005-2006 to current day? They've won six series.
You seem to be in denial on how Stanley Cup Champion teams are built in this modern NHL, which makes you seemingly pretty aligned with our owner...so, cool.
The Flames have won two playoff series since 2005-2006. While yeah, we may have strong community relationships, we’re talking about success on the ice.
The Flames are the worst run organization in the NHL. The state of this team today can't be glossed over. Even the most optimistic fans that put this season on "luck" (bull!@#$ excuse)...how do you feel about the team sans Lindholm and sans Backlund? Two players who pretty openly want out, asap. What about some of the other players who aren't happy? Hell, Ryan Leslie even said that the list of unhappy players is growing thanks to the news that Tree is leaving. This is an absolute tire fire.
Aslo re: Flames V. Oilers - if you didn't see shades of Kevin Lowe talking about how "he knows a thing or two about winning" and how the Oilers have two tiers of fans in what John Bean was laying out in that press conference then you're not being honest with yourself.