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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Most rebuilds fail.
Most non-rebuilds also fail. Nobody is studying the Islanders, Flyers, Wild, Flames, and Preds for the secrets to their success.
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I agree that nobody is studying the Flames. It may be an unpopular opinion on the Board and not to re-hash this old argument, but I think that the Flames last rebuild did well in identifying good core players. It seems to me that they pulled the plug on the rebuild too early, couldn't find a decent goalie forever, and most importantly failed to find the right coach.
However, that team definitely showed strong identification of good players in the drafts and even some decent development of those players. It seems to me that management strategy failed in trying to be competitive too early and coaching hires.
So, I am comforted that we have similar people in the talent identification positions as last time - which is the current status of the organization. I am hoping that they have learned some lessons from the last time in terms of when the pull the plug on talent acquisition and coaching.