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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
In the last 20 years, the Flames have played more home playoff dates than teams that have rebuilt once or multiple times, including Edmonton, Florida, Buffalo, Toronto, Los Angeles, Ottawa, and New Jersey.
Acting like playoff revenue must not be important because they won’t rebuild assumes that rebuilding automatically leads to more playoff revenue which, as we’ve seen more often than the opposite, it does not.
You can expect consistent playoff revenue and more than 1st round exists coming out of a rebuild all you want. That doesn’t make it reality.
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The Leafs have made the playoffs 7 straight years now coming out of a rebuild, so if just making the playoffs is so important, then they're doing great by those metrics. Jersey looks poised to consistently make the playoffs and be a top team in the league for many years to come. Florida is 4 years straight in the playoffs. The Kings have 2 cups and since then they've made the playoffs just as many times as the Flames and look to be on the upswing again. The Oilers have 4 straight playoff appearance and will likely keep making playoffs until McDrai bolt. Ottawa made the playoffs 80% of the time before this current rebuild. And at the end of the day, other teams that have been poorly managed are likely in that position because of the people in charge. Unless of course you think that Flames management group is that incompetent.