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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sharks have a 6 year drought missing the playoffs while the Flames have a 4 year drought. The reality is that the Sharks are only 2 years ahead of the Flames even if it feels like they have been rebuilding for a long time. The Flames simply started their rebuild half way into their drought which is unfortunately going to extend the drought when all is said and done. Sharks approach has been much better as they already have their blue chip players (Flames have some nice prospects like Parekh, Reschny, Gridin but I wouldn't call them blue chippers) while the Flames are hoping to get their first this year.
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Even though they were really bad and drafted Eklund back in 2021, I marked the start of their rebuild from 22-23 when they changed coaches and started getting rid of players. That year they drafted Smith. They went .366 to do so. Then they got worse and drafted Celebrini. Then they were still bad. Only this year are they crawling above 500 (and they still are pretty bad - look at the game they played against the Flames).