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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
I'm not sure it's the team or if it's some posters that aren't willing to learn: Conroy has said over and over he's going to try to resign expiring core UFAs as they enter their last year, and if they aren't willing to resign, he'll trade them. He's done that with every vet.
You can disagree with this plan, and I did at first, but that's the path this team is taking to rebuild.
What's helped me turn the corner and get behind it--beyond being a lifelong Flames' fan--is how well the Flames have drafted over the last decade or so when they've held onto their higher picks, and especially what they've done in the last few drafts.
With the prospects now in the fold, I very much can see a path to long-term contending -- where the team has layers of talent that they can continually replenish with young guys shifting into the lineup as they develop or used as trade chips for controllable higher end talent. It's a pretty exciting crop of prospects that should make their mark on the team in the next few years, even though there's only one top 10 pick in that group.
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It will be difficult to compete with 0 stars. We might have 2.
Trying to compete and rebuild and sign aging players isn’t a path to success.