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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Canucks fans should take a look at this board. Not this year or next year but it's coming. Aging stars locked up to big contracts and zero up and coming players in the system. Sounds eerily familiar.
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you can't compare the two teams future because the Canucks have a lot more talent within it than the Flames did
the Flames 'core' haven't won a playoff round in almost a decade
the Canucks have won back to back Presidents trophies
one team had a great playoff run and was for the most part a fringe playoff team the rest of the decade, the other is/was (debatable based on the last few weeks) a contender for the better part of the last 5 years
If anything, this Canucks group is 3-4 years away from where the Flames are when you look at Iginla's age vs the Sedins age, and regardless of the rest of the team that has always been one of the big differences between the two teams. The Flames never got anyone to play with their elite winger, the Canucks have always had an elite center to play with theirs.
who knows how the team will look in 3-4 years, no one knows. Edmonton thought they would be a playoff team by now, so did NYI/Florida etc... it's way too difficult to predict that far
Hasn't been a fun season that's for sure. We Canuck fans keep waiting for guys like Booth to start earning their contract and it just isn't happening. The core is getting older and it looks more and more like 2011 was this team's chance and they blew it. 