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Originally Posted by Niemo
I think the notion of doing a full tank is horrible because - "we don't want to be buffalo" is very dumb. What about Pittsburgh before Crosby/Malkin, Chicago before Kane/Toews, Washington before Ovy/Backstrom, Sharks before Celebrini, etc., etc.....
I mean - there are no guarantees in life or business, but you need to work the odds. In every sport, it seems like, for the most part, you need to take 3 steps back to take 6 steps forward. It's not realistic to try to be the exception. Exceptions happen out of luck, right place right time, and stars aligning.
Planning to be the exception is thinking you're smarter than everyone else and going against probability. Sometimes it works and you look amazing - most the times it doesn't and you don't.
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Also, the Flames are sitting 29th overall fielding the team that they have. A Buffalo thing to do would be to fire the coach or GM with this current roster because they are “underperforming”. Moving players like Andersson and Kadri is smart asset management, not tanking.