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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I would hope the Flames see one or two seasons where teams like the Panthers this year or Montreal in 2021 as once in a generation runs that cannot be relied on to be repeated. But I agree, I expect the Flames (Edwards) to instead use this as empirical evidence to re-affirm their approach to building a hockey team.
It makes sense to me why this team has wild swings from season to season. Whether its roster composition, coaching, development - this organization has never taken a long-term approach to winning and I don't think it will start now.
And yes, there are fears you get stuck into loop of darkness like Edmonton and Buffalo - but I also think few people would argue that these organizations have had the absolute worst management groups in the sport.
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Even Detroit that is considered to be a well run organization, with a star GM, is now up to a 7 year drought.
Ottawa is at 6.
Anaheim at 5.
Again I'm not disagreeing with what you are saying, just outlining why it's probably a hard argument to win with ownership. Best you can do is somehow take a more balanced and forward looking approach, without uttering the word Re-build.
To me Dallas is the model. And that also underscores why drafting is so important. They've been able to move to a new core that seems like it can compete with few high picks (Heiskenen the notable one) but they drafted REALLY well outside of high picks. That's the only way you can pull it off. Which means have to become more valuable to this franchise.