Quote:
Originally Posted by Iniggywetrust
I don’t think this team needs to rebuild, nor do I think this management will let that happen. Rebuilds don’t always work, and you end up just being bad for years. Especially if you don’t hit a Crosby, Ovechkin, Mcdavid draft year.
We have some good pieces but the mix is off. If we can move out our UFAs for some good young pieces, we may be able to do a quicker retool, ala NYR.
Also, I hated the Kadri signing from day one and even I thought we might get more than half a good season.
|
Nobody is suggesting rebuilds always work, but doing whatever the Flames have been doing for the last 20 years, being impatient, has resulted in one of the least successful franchises in the league over that period.
The Rangers were able to re-tool on the fly because they play out of New York and a top 2 defenceman in the league refused to sign an ELC with the team that drafted him and would only sign with the Rangers. But even they picked 1st overall recently.
The Flames don't have those kind of luxuries. We cannot operate like the Rangers.