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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Let's not get carried away with the whole "Flames refuse to rebuild properly". Tanking is not necessarily rebuilding properly. As long as Conroy does not start spending draft capital and vets, let's just see where this goes before we anoint this as some failure of mediocrity.
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Well reading between the lines, the article was spurned by recent rumors of the Flames being interested in Necas and Conroy's comments on the Dallas model. I suppose the Flames could attempt a player for player deal there but chances are the Hurricanes don't want salary back and would want prospect or draft picks. Also it was Conroy that brought up the Dallas model and he doesn't bring up the Dallas model (not really a model) unless it's something that the Flames have looked at and considered. Kent is like a lot of Flames fans worried about the direction and I don't think anyone can blame him because this organization has been one of the least successful over the last 35 years and while you can give them a mulligan for the 90's, it's been a whole lot of mediocrity and extremely limited playoff success outside of 2004 and we are looking at current bad roster and lack of any elite stars in the organization. So while I do agree we should save our outrage for the day where/if the Flames actually do start trading draft picks/prospects for quick fixes, but at the same time this organization really hasn't earned the benefit of doubt from fans as their record of mediocrity speaks for itself.