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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think people confuse lack of direction/plan with it not being the direction/plan you want.
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Yeah, I think we need to recognize ownership has a different plan than many of us want. We want the Flames to draft and develop an elite core that can contend for the Cup over a 6-8 year span. Edwards wants a team that makes the playoffs more often than it doesn’t, and hopefully goes on a Cinderella run once in a while.
The whole front office is terrified of becoming a joke franchise. That fear was behind the decision to immediately reload with Huberdeau and Kadri after Gaudreau and Tkachuk walked; the narrative that nobody wanted to play here had to be changed. The overriding culture of the Calgary Flames organization is loss-aversion.