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Originally Posted by Bonded
The Sharks did pretty much all of what you are complaining about and didn’t embrace a rebuild until their 4th season of missing the playoffs. The Flames are actually a little ahead of where San Jose was when they really fell apart.
They missed the playoffs for three years and were pumping out no rebuild stories to the media as well. They even traded away their 11th overall pick in 2022 for a late 1st and some seconds after picking 7th overall the previous year.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/...-be-a-surprise
Even when Grier was hired it was the same messaging as when Conroy got hired. Grier said the Sharks don’t need to rebuild in his hiring press conference.
https://www.nhl.com/news/sharks-new-...uild-334813490
That’s why I don’t really care about what the media is saying about the team or whatever they decide to publicly call this iteration of the team. So far Conroy’s moves have been pointed towards a rebuild. This season might also be one where we see Andersson and Coleman moved with an outside chance Kadri moves as well. |
Yeah, I think that is where I take a bit more of a qualm with the group that wants the Flames to tear it down. Most teams aren't able to just gut their roster in one season. The Sharks were bad for 3 seasons and lost out on a number 3 overall pick until they started moving out any veterans. Than it still took 3 seasons to move a lot of them out. They never could move Vlassic, or Couture either. The Flames are about to start year 3, and people are throwing out terms like Catastrophe and disaster.
Let's see who's still on the team when the 26-27 season starts before we get there.