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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Literally not what I said.
They can be a competitive team next season, and they will be. So many things went wrong last season and they barely missed the playoffs. Better years from Huberdeau and Markstrom are pretty much a given. Pretty easy for improvements from the PP, OT and 3 on 3 records, as well as other individual players. Even if they tried to tank next year they couldn't, there's too many good pieces.
They will be competitive next season and I believe Conroy will replenish some of the picks and prospects the organization needs in the process. Having a guy like Toffoli being traded at arguably the peak of his career is a blessing in disguise. Sell high. Things aren't that bleak. Unless you're that kind of person, but I'm not. The team will be more than likely be younger and faster next season, exactly what I want to see. Going to be a fun summer.
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I'm sorry but I just don't understand this plan. If we admit that the team will likely be worse next year (on paper at the very least) because we have players wanting out and draft picks that need replenishing - why not just do it right? Why go half way in with one foot already out the door?
So be worse on paper next season, maybe make the playoffs with some better luck (and if not draft 12-16 again), but the team still has no true stars under the age of 28 - and unless we win the lottery one year, we have to hope we get lucky and draft another Gaudreau in the 4th round?
How is this fun?
This is the way this organization has operated for the last 20 years and it's gotten among the worst results in the league. Fans shouldn't be accepting this path. Fans should be demanding change.
We don't need one or two or three moves. We need massive moves to change the direction of this franchise. They don't need to be made all at once, but the very worst thing I could possibly see as a fan is half measures: a move one day followed by a move in the opposite direction the next.