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Originally Posted by Sandman
I don't necessarily think that Conny has been given the mandate to be competitive every year through the past couple of seasons, but I do believe that ownership will not support a long rebuild- thus, we have a "retool" in progress. Edwards wants his playoff revenue, and probably doesn't want too many years with no post-season, IMO.
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I also do not think the Flames ownership would allow the rebuild to turn into a 7-14 year debacle. But, they definitely were willing to allow the team to bottom out last year and I think they are onboard with tanking for the remaining years the team is in the 'dome.
The problem is that the plans of ownership and Conroy collided with the emergence of Wolf and Coronato and the resurgence of Huberdeau.
The question becomes, how many more legs can Conroy kick out from under this table?
And then, will the team actually bottom out or will other players rise in the opportunity?