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Originally Posted by Hackey
And how long are they willing to be patient? That is my biggest fear as a fan. They might be willing to do the right things for a couple years but I think will see an attempt to speed things up sooner than later. I feel like teams shouldn't even consider speeding things up until you have a solid young core in place to build around. For the Flames I think that's at least another top line forward or two. That's assuming Wolf and Parekh are the real deal. A top line shutdown D would also be ideal.
Moves like Sharangovich, Frost, Farabee, just already feel like moves where they want to speed things up but try to sell were getting younger. Accumulating third line guys at this point is a waste of assets to me. I'd rather have a couple extra 2nd round picks instead of those guys. Guys like that are a dime a dozen you can find easily at any point. Give your scouts more opportunities to hit in this building phase.
This offseason will be interesting to see the path they take.
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Yeah, I've had these thoughts before. It's been three years out of the playoffs already.
The young guys should keep improving, but we’re still leaning heavily on the vets, and they’re only getting older.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re still spinning our tires a couple of years from now. What happens when it's year five or six without playoffs, a new arena, and no bottoming out?
Wolf, Coronato and Parehk all appear to be studs, but I don't think it's enough yet. We need a star upfront to emerge, and they aren't apparent in our system yet.
I could see the team start getting pretty antsy when the new Arena comes to make playoffs fast, at all costs.