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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
What the hell are you talking about? The Flames at one point had Prime time Elvis Lindholm, JG, Sean monahan, Bennet, Norris Gio, Tkachuk ,Hamilton etc.. They had bonified elite talent. Calgary just ####ed up the managing of the talent. ####.. at this point you can officially say kulak was a talent they ####ed up handling. Like how many ex Flames are doing well or on the cusp of well that the Flames mis managed? Calgary was a top 5 team year over year for like 5 years . Management just ####ed up in handling contracts.
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The Flames had some nice pieces but were they ever a real threat? They would play amazing one year and miss the playoffs the following year. They were very hot and cold. I'd say the majority of truly elite teams don't do that. They also never made a single deep run in any of those years which makes you question if they had the make up for playoff hockey. First round exit every year other than the game 7 OT win against Dallas. Then they got smoked round 2. I think fans focus way to much on a couple strong regular seasons they had while ignoring the many underachieving moments they also had. Good team but not elite.