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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Fans started to stop showing up this year in a season where the team wasn't eliminated from the playoffs until game 81.
The team had 100% attendance from 2013-2016 if we want to call that the last 'rebuild' era.
I don't think fans will be as excited to pay 50% increased ticket/concession prices in a new building with a team that has drafted 16th overall for the last 4 years. And short of getting another Gaudreau with a late round pick, help isn't coming.
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Exactly. If this team doesn't get futures this year, they are going to be old in 4 years, and will have no shiny new prospects to look forward to.
Like I said before, I really hope the owners can see this. Last year, I get it, they just wanted to beat the Oilers...but look what happened. They missed the playoffs, and people were losing interest even though they were still in the race.
I'm not saying scorch the earth. All I want is Lindholm and Hanifin getting the flames some blue chip prospects. Something the Flames haven't had since Matthew Tkachuck.