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I think the whole situation is just sad. Treliving and co. had said ad nauseum that you take your cues from your team, yet last summer when everything came crashing down, nobody took any cues from the team.

Instead of rebuilding and maximizing returns of youth and draft picks (which admittedly would have been hard coming off a fantastic regular season), the team chose to go at it again with Huberdeau/Weeger deals instead of more future laden deals or even the Necas rumored deal with Carolina.

Now the Flames are yet again in a retool on the fly mode to simply get a bit younger, and you simply don't win championships this way. You win by drafting and or trading for foundational pieces that take a year or two to develop. This team may stay competitive, but this road leads to exactly the same destination the franchise has arrived to over and over again.

The next 3-4 years look quite dismal once again, unless something massive happens in the next 4-5 hours to change the trajectory of this franchise.