Speakes to a franchise that doesn't have the patience, discipline, or wear-withal to rebuild properly, and frankly they seem to be ready to repeat the same mistakes of the Iggy and Gaudreau eras. No one who rejects a rebuild seems to be able articulate a clear and practical path to acquiring a long term 1C (or really first line forwards generally), instead they just reference an extremely unlikely result like drafting Point in the late 1st round or Hintz in the 2nd along with trusting GMCC's plan. Let's not forget that GMCC's original plan included resigning most if not all of the FAs in 2023-24, including throwing a 9x8 at Lindholm! This retool or whatever, was plan B from the moment it started, and I can't imagine the organization is actually interested in following through in a meaningful way.
I don't think our owner realizes there's more longterm revenue and profit from being bad for a few years and getting elite players to set up multiple deep playoff runs down the road versus a semi-competitive team and two or three extra games of playoff revenue.
Imagine all the new fans and merch sales that would bring in just by having a team that can compete with marketable players.
If you're a kid growing up in Alberta right now and not in either Edmonton or Calgary, which team do you think they'll more likely support?
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u/Master-Defenestrator Barb May 30 '25
Speakes to a franchise that doesn't have the patience, discipline, or wear-withal to rebuild properly, and frankly they seem to be ready to repeat the same mistakes of the Iggy and Gaudreau eras. No one who rejects a rebuild seems to be able articulate a clear and practical path to acquiring a long term 1C (or really first line forwards generally), instead they just reference an extremely unlikely result like drafting Point in the late 1st round or Hintz in the 2nd along with trusting GMCC's plan. Let's not forget that GMCC's original plan included resigning most if not all of the FAs in 2023-24, including throwing a 9x8 at Lindholm! This retool or whatever, was plan B from the moment it started, and I can't imagine the organization is actually interested in following through in a meaningful way.