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Old 06-08-2023, 11:10 AM   #635
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Originally Posted by jayswin View Post
Young guns comparison doesn't make sense. Nothing mattered then. Stockpiling picks, making correct draft choices, making shrewd trades etc. None of that would have got us anywhere.

Almost every aspect of building a hockey team was irrelevant back then due to the Canadian dollar and no salary cap. We were a feeder team that couldn't afford to do anything to compete with the big teams. We couldn't afford to keep anyone that blossomed and couldn't afford to bring star players in.

This isn't that.
Yeah, I just meant in terms of a boring team with boring players playing a boring system implemented by boring "hire from within" or hire from outside but with a resume that can fit on a business card coaching staffs.

The change this org needs is in the "Flames Way" cloud that colours every decision we make and path we go down. As long as our mantra is "pack a lunchbox and swing for the infield," all we're really doing is changing the faces.
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