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Originally Posted by dissentowner
People don't seem to get it, with the players we have locked in we can't bottom out. Tell me how you move Weegar, Kadri, Huberdeau, Backlund, and Coleman. Either they have too much term and money left or they don't want to move and control their own fate. This season was about as low as they are going to get, I don't see them possibly being worse next year. So either you try and add the pieces to be a playoff team or you give Montreal a pick between 11-16, that's what I think is most likely. As for a franchise player, very few teams have a franchise player.
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I hope we win the draft lottery, because I have a feeling we are more likely going to be in the middle for a while until we figure it out. Let's just say the players we bring in don't make enough of a difference, while other players we have on the team are getting a little older. Now let's just say that after 2 or 3 years we find out we're not good enough, because we just don't have the elite skill. What then, we will already bottomed and acquired our additional draft picks. One thing the Flames are good at is building average teams plugging holes and hoping for the best. Nothing wrong with your optimism, I hope you're right. I like to we're getting younger, I'm just worried that it might not be enough and the team may have to revisit the rebuilding, retooling strategy all over again.