Are the Flames re-building?

[Vox]

Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois

I respect your opinion but am not sure what’s harsh.
They’ve thrown in the towel and are deliberately trying to get worse.
Surrender is not a strategy. Maybe it’s all they have left.

By definition, a rebuilt is trading vets and current assets to de-emphasis short term winning in favor of long term competitiveness. You can't rebuild without "throwing in the towel". That's a retool, which most of us are very sick of.

Tanking, in the old sense, is throwing games. Playing to lose. Get the EBUG into a couple of games, maybe take a couple shots of bourbon before suiting up, making a play to get scored against. Facetious though I may be, some of us are old enough to remember games like this. It's also trading players for no return other than to lose. Tanking for Lemieux back in the day. Two teams on the ice, desperate not to win the last game of the season.

Flames aren't doing this. They play to win, every game. That's the culture built into them. They aren't trying to lose. But the trading of current assets for future makes them a worse team, and they start to lose. But they NEVER play to lose.

You want to see that - watch a Vancouver game.

[Remember1989]

Is there a difference between rebuilding and tearing something down and removing every single last piece of debris and then excavating a new hole, pouring a new foundation, framing it, then roughing in electrical, plumbing, installing new fixtures, appliances insulation, drywall, paint, tile, flooring, concrete, landscaping, millwork, exterior finishes, etc.?

[Vox]

Originally Posted by Remember1989

Is there a difference between rebuilding and tearing something down and removing every single last piece of debris and then excavating a new hole, pouring a new foundation, framing it, then roughing in electrical, plumbing, installing new fixtures, appliances insulation, drywall, paint, tile, flooring, concrete, landscaping, millwork, exterior finishes, etc.?

That would depend on the state of the structure, and the architect’s plan for the new one. But, I’m not an architect, and I’m hear to talk about hockey. The new dome discussion is in another thread.

[locsofblu]

If they are, they're doing a real ####ty job if they keep both Coleman, and Kadri.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by locsofblu

If they are, they're doing a real ####ty job if they keep both Coleman, and Kadri.

Lol, they’ve got term. Come on now. They can still be moved in the offseason.

[Flame On]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Lol, they’ve got term. Come on now. They can still be moved in the offseason.

Those aren't really offseason type deals/players. Gm's will want to add them as pieces when they see an arms race. They want playoff Kadri not all-season Kadri. And with him he gets less tradeable every year due to age.

I don't worry as much about Coleman.

[locsofblu]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Lol, they’ve got term. Come on now. They can still be moved in the offseason.

Coleman maybe, but what do you think you'll get for 36 year old Kadri. Especially when you already see the decline in his play.

[Ashasx]

My vote was a misinput

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

My vote was a misinput

Sadly that means you must be banned.

[Dan403]

Recombobulating.

[devo22]

https://twitter.com/user/status/2030035003867025697

[Hockey_Ninja]

They're still not gonna call it a rebuild lol

[redmile04]

Yes, the rebiggle was good while it lasted but rebuild it is

[Calgary4LIfe]

If I was the Flames, I would totally embrace the whole rebiggle misspeak, and simply keep going with it. It is hilarious.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

If I was the Flames, I would totally embrace the whole rebiggle misspeak, and simply keep going with it. It is hilarious.

I don't know about the team, but I plan to!

[SuperMatt18]

10 1sts, 11 2nds, 7 3rds from the 2024-2028 drafts

Beautiful

[Two Fivenagame]

This is the best rebiggle i've ever witnessed.

[Finger Cookin]

I am waiting for an official announcement.

[Royle9]

Re-biggle letters going out to season ticket owners signed by “King Conman” later today.

[JurassicTunga12]

I think it's safe to say that we are rebuilding.

and what a breath of fresh air it is.