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Originally Posted by All In Good Time
Team tank
“Flames need to trade everyone and rebuild”
Flames trade Toffoli, Zadorov, Lindholm, Tanev, Hanifin, Markstrom, Mangiapane and Kuzmenko for picks and young players with potential and the team competes it’s butt off
Team tank
“Not like thaaaaaattt!!! You need to teach these young assets to lose also! That’s how you win”
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I don't see the point in being deliberately obtuse. Literally no one is suggesting that the team should lose on purpose or "teach young players to lose".
The argument is more along the lines of the 2 goalies should have split the starts 50/50, instead of pushing our 23 year goalie into a situation where he had to carry an NHL team on his back. There are some signs that it may have been a mistake to put so much pressure on him so early. His last 6 games have all been sub-.900 save % games. He's showing signs of falling back down to Earth after what was an amazing stretch for a young goalie. But ultimately too much was expected of him too soon, and it would have been better to give him a more realistic burden for a 23 year old. In so doing, the team would have been better positioned to secure a top 10 pick in the draft. Instead, we're looking at 2 late first rounders. Could a special player be drafted by the Flames this year? Possible, but not likely.
And there were some arguing that Andersson should have been dealt at the deadline. Honestly, I have a hard time making a case that those people are wrong. Then again, we don't know what kind of return Conny could have got for him, so it's hard to say.
But hopefully you understand why it's annoying to be accused of wanting the team to lose or teach young players to lose. That's not the argument and never has been.