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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Gorton is well versed and successful rebuilding from the ground up as the Habs were his 3rd kick at rebuilding. Conny is doing this for the first time and likely under more difficult ownership expectations. It does look like the lack of talent in the organization is pointing to a Gorton type of rebuild as the Stars rebuild only works if your 1st and 2nd round picks render immediate results to which they are not for the Flames.
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As of right now I am not sure what Flames ownership has done to impede Conroy from doing what he wants? Conroy witnessed Feaster try and limp a weak roster around aging superstars to playoff misses. He then watched Brad try and cut corners to speed up winning which ended in failure. Conroy has Maloney and Nonis who have been through a lot as sounding boards.
The Habs had a 3 year run where they picked 1st, 5th, 5th and look like a team heavily on the upswing. They made a lot of picks in that timeframe and already have a 2nd rounder blossom into a star. One of their top 5 picks has been injured. They made a lot of good trades and had guys like Suzuki and Caufield in their system.
For the Flames I see the 24-27 drafts being those critical drafts. Multiple first rounders every year, a few in the top 10. Wolf, Coronato, Zary, Bahl are the Suzuki/Caufield for the Flames which is not that ideal. Maybe they get their Suzuki in the Kadri deal?
Regardless if the Flames are able to hit on some of these 1sts it could be year 1 in Scotia Place where they won’t be expected to make it but perhaps expected to get out of the top 10 and start pushing.