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Originally Posted by Igottago
The loss of Gaudreau and Tkachuck was almost a historic situation, I've never seen any sports franchise unexpectedly lose its two superstars within a couple of weeks. Realistically, how was the franchise going to recover quickly from that. It was a complete sea change in the quality of the team. There was no way to effectively patch that up, try as they might.
The key now is for the Flames to recognize what and where they are -- this is a team on the decline. So put the plans in motion for the right strategy to build it up again. The insanity of pretending everything is going to be fine by staying the current course is infuriating.
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Briere and Drury left Buffalo after 06/07, they narrowly missed the playoffs the next couple years, then made it twice, then bottom fell out and they’ve been adrift for 13 years. That’s the closest comparable I’ve seen.