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Originally Posted by Bingo
Lamenting the timing of a team over achieving is fine.
But this team was set up to fail.
The "organization" didn't aim for the mushy middle with $20M in free cap space, 6 UFAs dealt and their number goaltender moved on without a veteran replacement.
Your blaming unexpected results on a plan that doesn't fit.
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If we sell on Andersson, dump Vladar, traded Coleman, and bring in some more youth from the Wranglers I'm not sure we do worse. We probably do the same and are just struggling to hit the cap floor.
What would be a great outcome would be if the Flames brass realize they could use the draft / Wranglers to have a cap floor team that still pushes for the playoffs each season, selling off aging players and replacing them with youth.
We'd still have the same Ownership / Management problem, but at least we'd increase our chances of catching lightening in a bottle and getting lucky. Our ownership can't run the best out of 32 entertainment company with their low cost model in my opinion, but they can run a resource company to perfection. Resource companies keep their costs low, and wait for prices to improve. That could be us!
What gets old is when we plaster older veteran players into roles that should be openings for our youth. The NHL trend has been youth as it expands. It's happened before and its happening again.