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Originally Posted by Buff

I am in no way attacking you or your words here. I am quoting you because your post embodies a trend on CP... or maybe a long term standard is more like it.

Basically the Flames need better players. Better players get suggested and there are strong responses suggesting that all the better players are crap and the Flames would be better if they stayed away from those suggested.

Like, seriously. Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon could both be UFA and it gets reported that they're interested in going to the same team and some people here would be "No way! We don't want them" and come up with cons that probably don't even outweight the pros.

There is no perfect player and we aren't going to suddenly invent one. If someone like Barzal or Marner helps improve our club then shouldn't we be interested in what they could do for our team?

Not true. There are different classes of "better players", and obviously people are going to have preferences on who they want. The Flames were absolutely burned by giving the franchises highest ever contract to a "better player" in Huberdeau, isn't it obvious why people would be hesitant to see the team repeat a similar mistake? Handing out these contracts can be crippling to franchise development for years on end. If the Flames are going to be going after a big money player, the investment has to be worth it.