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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Does it actually matter if you make the playoffs to lose in 4 games? I thought we were beyond that level of thought. It doesn't matter if you're going to lose immediately and just be fodder for a stronger team to basically auto in to the second round. We went on a losing skid and didn't have the horses to really be a contender. We should have sold because it truly didnt matter- even if we Had snuck into the playoffs, there is 0 chance we would have advanced and made a difference. We would have picked even later. |
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
True irrelevance is thinking that 4 playoff games matter in any way when this franchise has won nothing in almost 40 years.
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I am in favour of a tank and trading the veterans - but you can't punt on a season midseason when you're right there for a playoff spot.
Flames were never more than 2-3 points out of the playoffs, and you have to reward the young guys for their success too.
Do you think Wolf, Coronato, Zary, etc would have been super thrilled about the Flames if they went and traded everyone with where they were in the playoff race last year? No chance.
Now they likely should have traded Andersson prior to the 24-25 season, and still think that was the miss, but not trading those guys at the deadline last season wasn't really the issue.
And now the key is they have to do the opposite. You are having a bad start, now you have to punt on this season, don't try to salvage it just to end up finishing with the 12th overall pick. Lean into being bad and lean into being bad hard this year.