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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
San Jose re-built with high end players like Couture, Karlsson, etc. Their presence alone doesn't preclude the team from re-building, though lack of organizational intent probably does.
Regardless I don't think the organization has any intent to re-build so it's rather moot.
But try to discuss things, particularly when you are new to a community, without calling people homers.
None of what you are saying is a hot take or something that folks here don't know. Choosing to take an extremely negative view, and not being open to what others are saying, doesn't make for great discussion.
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Nice post. Terms like “homer” draw responses like “troll”. Not a productive discourse in my eyes, but we all choose how we “enjoy” this forum.
I think San Jose is Calgary’s cautionary tale. We’re not watching a rebuild, but rather a bloodletting. I was at a function a few years ago talking to a non-hockey person in their front office and suggested that they were in for some hard times with their bloated roster. She admitted to knowing very little about hockey, but said she was a little shocked to hear this as those in the building seemed to be of a single voice that they had a great team and she had heard they had a bunch of star players. Maybe behind closed doors there were different thoughts, but I imagine they had an echo chamber in place before Grier was brought in to begin to fix the mess. If they had foresight, what they’re going through now could have been lessened in length and intensity.
Fortunately for the Flames they have the ability to mitigate years of pain this summer. Will be interesting to see if they start the reconstruction or if they go full Shark and hope guys find their legs as they wander into their 30s. I certainly hope they don’t go that route, because I’ve seen how that has eroded interest in the Sharks, but some folks only learn by taking the plunge.