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Originally Posted by Bonded
I don’t really buy into the idea that teams tell their players to not win and they go and do it. Most of the tanks are the results of bad rosters and going scorched earth is harder to comeback from because a team needs to get lucky when they draft and have strong management.
Treliving had a contending core if he kept the players the Flames drafted. I think the Flames need to find a star winger, a star center, and a star dman. Maybe they have the dman and winger in the system but they definitely don’t have the centre.
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Agreed. Part of the reason these guys are in the show is competitive mindsets. Anyone who has spent time with someone that played pro anything knows they have a different gear than us common folk. Plus, it's their career. Why would a player want to purposefully play bad and have a young guy come in and take their spot? You can set up a team to tank (flames) or you can just be no good and suck (edmonton), but no way players try to lose, I just dont see them wired that way.