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Originally Posted by zukes
Based on what? You know how all of the young players are going to develop over the next two years?
The team has been every game, had a terrible, frankly, kind of unfair, schedule to start the season. The whole world has so little patience these days.
I can't imagine what this place would be like if so many of the people here got their so-called "slow rebuild". Most here would not have the patience for that, even if it is what they are doing while without saying it. (The veterans are needed to stay above the floor, how so many people forget that is maddening).
The attendance figures over the years unfortunately shows Flames fans as a pretty fickle fan base so they need to sell hope while trying to bounce back quickly.
Can we maybe get to 20 games this season and see where things stand?
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And leaning into a bad season like this season, without going scorched earth actually helps make it a quicker re-build.
I've stated this a couple times but teams rarely plan on being bad, and generally you get your high picks by leaning into being terrible when you have a bad season.
TBH the Flames tough schedule the first 27 or so games this season actually potentially provides that opportunity to lean into a bad season if they can't turn it around here.
And that's the big thing. If the Flames are in 30th place on December 1st they shouldn't do anything to try to "salvage" the season. That would be the worst thing they can do.
If you're in 30th at that time you need to do the opposite. Be more pro-active moving guys like Andersson and Coleman and lean into a bad season.