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Originally Posted by CroFlames
All I know is the rebuild after Iggy, Kipper and Jaybo left was more fun that watching that old and tired team chasing 8th.
Draft anticipation, watching young Monahan develop, hitting on a 6th round diamond in the rough, Bennett, Tkachuk, et al, and they morphed into a team that we EXPECTED to win on a nightly basis.
This season will suck but Coronato is fun. Wolf is fun. Zayne is unknown but the anticipation is fun. The only crappy part is we should have started this rebuild when Johnny and Tkachuk pulled the chute. Better late than never I guess.
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Oilers and Leafs fan forums are much more miserable places than CP these days. Losing sucks but there's more disappointment and misery in underachieving or realizing the team you thought was a cup contender in the offseason, simply isn't good enough.
Times have changed as to me this isn't the same as the Young Guns years as pre-salary cap era, as things were hopeless for small market fans and tanking wasn't a thing. Flames really didn't have a lot of hope to compete because they couldn't spend to keep or add free agents. In those days you had to get a copy of THN to see what the up and coming prospects were and there wasn't the excitement there is now for the draft. It's much easier now as while the team stinks you can spend the season tracking the top prospects, and discuss trade's etc. Now at least we have hope balance the fact that the product isn't that good.