Quote:
Originally Posted by ComixZone
Who gives a #%^* if it fits your age group of your mediocre team?
If you acquire a decent young centre who improves your team right now, it hurts your ability to actually draft the centre that would drive the success of a top team.
Sequencing is massively important. Acquiring a middle six centre is a pretty achievable goal every season for any team. Acquiring a top line centre capable of carrying a team? Well, there’s been…two of those traded in the last quarter century (Thornton and Eichel)?
If you acquire that middle six centre before you draft your #1 centre, well…you’ve kinda screwed yourself.
Are we talking about selling tickets, or winning a Championship?
|
Well that's the question you'd have to take to ownership. And I think we can see that Conroy has a plan but he's got to tow the line between tear it down rebuild and keeping something marketable on the ice because ownership wants it.
Ultimately it doesn't matter what we think is smart or stupid of the Flames to do something, it's their decision, they don't have to defer to us on that.
Rumors aside, Conroy from his own mouth has said they want a young "Zary" aged center. That means acquiring one via trade. Doesn't mean they're abandoning the drafting and developing of more players, it just means their not going full scorched earth, they're going to compete, they're going to make us dread every point they gain in the standings.
IMO, as long as they draft in the top ten, they'll get a good center. Or, this roster is going to eff it all up and make the playoffs and screw the draft pick conditions. Either way, it's going to be a fun ride this season.