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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I mean, does it not make you wonder a bit? If we keep offering contracts to star players and they keep declining, doesn't that show some bad signs about the internal health of the club? How can we be confident in their strategy if the moves everyone seems to support most are made by being backed into it (e.g. star player not accepting contract offers) ?
I don't know how anyone can be confident we have a direction in these circumstances. It seems like the direction they keep trying is blocked by external forces and forcing us into the logical direction rather than intentionally moving towards it. Wouldn't intentionally building something on our own terms be superior?
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Not at all. In fact, it makes me confident that Connie will not "Treliving us"...by overpaying aging vets, no matter how good they were, and bootstrapping us for years to come with boat-anchor contracts that are unmoveable. THAT is the direction: come to terms or move on.
Good for Raz if he figures he can make more elsewhere, but there is no reason for the Flames to do this unless they WANT him on the team for the current year....and up to eight more years....and if they see true value in doing so.
I've enjoyed Raz, mostly, but he does make some completely bonehead plays and is not what I'd like to see quarterbacking the PP; he's too slow and too indecisive mostly. Great guy, great character, great leader and has been a wonderful Flame for the most part.