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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And yet the Flames have more playoff revenue. Cool.
The Flames had 47.
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No need to get moody. All I'm saying is if the Flames are currently making the playoffs at a roughly 50% clip, a rebuild that takes 5-6 years and gets you a team that makes the playoffs 5-6 years in a row puts you in the exact same spot. So the risk seems minimal. Especially when you can offset the lost revenue with reduced team spending during those rebuilding years. But if you build the team correctly during those 5-6 years and have a little luck, you should get a solid 5-10 years of steady playoffs and hopefully some deep runs in those years that actually bring in higher revenue. So financially, it seems worth the gamble. Unless of course you believe Craig Conroy is Peter Chiarelli 2.0. In which case, we're doomed no matter what.