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Originally Posted by CSharp
Well, we can't go back in time to correct anything and the 20-20 hindsight all points to those events from Tre making bad decisions that pretty much led to one another and then other bad decisions arising that were already bad. If you lose 2 of your top stars (one for nothing) and the makeup of the team tells you that the team is not a cup contender anymore and the upcoming draft the following year was a generational draft year, one would hope that this would be a huge opportunity consideration to actually build for the future and not just for the present. Nope, Tre still pursued trades to go for the playoff run. He had all the chances during mid-season to sell and tank. In the end, we come to the same point as we did 2 years ago. From the time that Tre took over, the Flames rebuild process pretty much stopped. It was like Sutter fitting in pieces that may fit and hope to make the playoffs every year just to get bounced in the first round, that's it. This is something that I hope Conroy has learned, never lowball your superstar franchise players and don't go out looking for a superstar goalie to mask the deficiencies of the team.
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Hindsight.
When he added Huberdeau, Weegar and Kadri, many in the hockey world thought the Flames would be contenders.