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Originally Posted by dino7c
I mean they beat Dallas who was a contender...Bad goaltending and injury hurt them in round 2...they were a better team than the Oilers and proved it all year.
Tanev injury and Markstom's play were huge blows, it should have gone 6 anyway if not for the league cheating and who knows. Markstom got outplayed by Mike Smith, it is what it is but they were contenders IMO. Leafs and Oilers had massive tanks and incredible luck...where are their cups?
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You still seem to think those who think the Flames need to draft at the top of the draft to win are saying it's some sort of guarantee.
Sure, Toronto and Edmonton don't have Stanley Cups (although, they historically have a lot more than we do) - but you know who do have Stanley Cups in the modern era? Chicago, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Florida, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Boston, and St. Louis.
Why not analyze their success and say hey - what's the best way to replicate teams like that?
St. Louis? Tough to replicate, but they could try. They just need a once in a decade goaltending performance, and an elite #1 defenceman (which they selected at the top of draft). Tough to plan for.
Boston? Well, you need a generational defenceman via free agency, and one of the best two way centres to ever play the game. You also need to build a heck of a team throughout the draft.
Chicago, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Florida, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh? Well, draft superstar talent at the top of the draft, compliment it with excellent drafting throughout the draft, make some excellent trades, and manage your salary cap well. This is the outcome the Flames fans who want the Flames to bottom out want to follow.
You know why Toronto and Edmonton have failed? Because they've been poor at drafting throughout the draft, poor at trading, and poor at managing their salary cap. Why do you think that people who want the Flames to tank want this outcome or that we're blind to the risks?
You know why Flames fans want the Flames to bottom out? It's because we believe the management of this team can actually make it work. We believe that if they can draft the superstars at the top of the draft, that the management in Calgary is actually good enough to draft well throughout the draft to compliment those superstars, and that the management in Calgary is good enough to make some perfectly timed trades, and that they can manage their salary cap well.
Those who want the Flames to bottom out is because they believe the Flames can do it and succeed at it. You just go to worst case scenario and think all doom and gloom.