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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
In recent years, the Ducks and Sharks have iced abysmal rosters and wound up with the worst records in the league.
Today, the young players who were breaking into the league on those awful teams have them in playoff positions. The losing doesn’t seem to have damaged them at all.
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Losing can hurt a kids confidence, but so can sitting on the 4th line and struggling. Flames did not address the logjam at forward and so many players are not playing as much and having bad years. This can also hurt the team's culture.
If the Flames tank this year and trade Kadri, Coleman, Ras. Yes, they will lose even more game than they have, but Zary, Kuznetsov, Parekh, Klapka's ice time will go up too and could have a positive impact on their confidence.
This team has quite a few players that won't be here when the team is on the rise.