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Originally Posted by Ashasx
The team will earn more playoff revenue if it takes a longer term approach to building a team and competing for the Stanley Cup rather than trying to fall backwards into the playoffs every year and hope for a fluke run.
The period before a new building is literally the best time to rebuild because I'm less likely to want to pay 50% more in ticket prices to see the same team finish 18th again in the inaugural season.
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I'm not sure if that Math checks out when you see teams that are in the midst of LOOOOONG playoff droughts with not certainty over when it will end.
And then you have a final four this year who are all "get in and see what happen" teams.
- A team that finished behind the Flames point wise
- A team that missed the playoffs last year
- A team that executed a full re-tool without a deep re-build
- A team that has had very few high draft picks.
Not saying it's the right approach or the one I would take, but certainly these playoffs would have done little to change the mind of the Flames that "get in and see what happens" isn't valid.