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Originally Posted by Rhett44
Yes, I believe this too. Murray Edwards would never allow a rebuild. And thus we started a retool around nothing other than a great young goaltender.
We got lucky with Parekh, but really we do not have enough to retool around at the moment. We still need a top center prospect and a winger.
Which is exactly why I don't believe we will ever be a contender. We are essentially retooling around a couple good young players, and a bunch of old players who will be retired or regressing rapidly in a few years. We need to get more players at the top of the draft and trade these old guys who are keeping us in the murky middle.
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Man we get it, you wish the flames would commit to a full on tankathon and blow up the remaining core (let’s not focus on the fact that Conroy has dismantled a large portion already, and for a significant haul of futures) but alas the Flames are doomed, like your posts, to the purgatory of being in the mushy middle.
Yet you remarkably discount the incredible job the scouting staff, lead by GM CC, have done especially the past two years adding in 18 prospects to the pool including 4 more first round choices, all of which have a swing for the fences feel to them. But of course anything the flames do right in your eyes is them ‘getting lucky’ despite themselves which is a laughable take at this point. If you’re frustrated about the direction of this team it’s for the reason of being contrary IMO, it’s hard not to like and appreciate where this team is headed and it’s honestly a lot closer to the tear down model you yearn for versus the mushy middle you’re lamenting about. They flames got incredible performances from youth players last year in Wolf, Coronato, Zary, Pospisil and Klapka and if you’ve been at all participating in the CP prospects poll I think you’d realize that there seems to be a steady stream building there.