To make my own position clear: At this point, the Flames might as well flush the season and rebuild. But getting a top-2 pick is totally out of their control, because those picks are decided by lottery. And they need someone to step up and manage the team with his cerebral cortex instead of his gluteus maximus.
In too many areas of life, I've found, the people in charge think good intentions are an adequate substitute for competence. And some of them are so incompetent they can't even figure out which intentions are the good ones.
The Flames have too often been run by nice guys who didn't know what they were doing. The Oilers are run by jerks who don't know what they're doing, but probably think they are nice guys.
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