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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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What's really frustrating is that the Flames had some decent players but they just didn't seem to know what to do with them. We had a lot of people defending management over the last few years but they never really seem to have a long term plan. Too many quick fixes with either players or coaches that never panned out. You have Sam Bennett constantly pushed down the lineup even though he's one of our high draft picks playing well for another team, which to me points to Calgary management not knowing what they're doing. We should have created a situation where none of those guys wanted to leave that's what Calgary has to figure out how to make players want to stay here, instead we make excuses and blame the players for wanting out. In my opinion Sam Bennett was the first piece that caused a close group of guys to dismantle and want out. We missed the guy at the top like Iggy who brought the whole team together and they all wanted to play for each other. When we took Sam Bennett out we took a big part of that. I know Florida gets that drive and leadership from both Tkachuk and Bennett. I think the idea of the guys wanted out had a lot more to do with the organization than it had to do with the players.