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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I mean hey, the Flames traded/let go Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Toffoli, Lucic, Lewis, Zadorov and Markstrom and the team actually got better but sure, management’s steadfast refusal to move Kadri (NMC) and Coleman (no indication they won’t trade him) is really stopping them from spiralling down into drafting someone juicy and franchise altering like Nail Yakapov.
Management needs to set up an advice hotline so they can have a direction!
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Always pointing to Yakupov, rather than McDavid/Barkov/MacKinnon etc.
Also, you can't really use Edmonton picks anymore as a reason why it's a bad strategy, because despite their blithering incompetence they're still a significantly more successful organization than the Flames, even with their extended stay at the bottom (which lasted 10 years).
Edmonton:
- 13 series wins since 2003/2004
- 13 series wins since 2005/2006
- 8 playoff appearances since 2003/2004
- 8 playoff appearances since 2005/2006
- First Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 24
- First Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 24
- Second Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 21
- Second Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 21
- Third Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 12
- Third Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 12
- Fourth Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 7
- Fourth Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 7
64 Playoff Games Wins since 2003/2004
64 Playoff Games Wins since 2005/2006
Calgary:
- 5 series wins since 2003/2004
- 2 series wins since 2005/2006
- 10 playoff appearances since 2003/2004
- 9 playoff appearances since 2005/2006
- 35 playoff wins since 2003/2004
- 23 playoff wins since 2005/2006
- First Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 23
- First Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 19
- Second Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 6
- Second Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 2
- Third Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 4
- Third Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 0
- Fourth Round Playoff Game Wins since 2003/2004: 3
- Fourth Round Playoff Game Wins since 2005/2006: 0
36 Playoff Games Wins since 2003/2004
21 Playoff Games Wins since 2005/2006
And to toss salt in our wounds:
Battle of Alberta Playoff Wins:
Edmonton - 4
Calgary - 1
Point being, don't toss around Yakupov like it's some historic level failure/cautionary tale when the team that screwed that up so hard is still actually way better than the Flames.