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Originally Posted by pinelakeperch
Nothing you say is necessarily wrong, I'm just not sure how clear the logic is to base the success of your team almost solely on the comparison of said team with the Oilers.
"We finished 30th, but at least the Oilers finished 31st!," isn't exactly objective reasoning, haha.
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To be clear the flames have NEVER had the 1st overall selection. The Flames have Never finished last. The Oilers have almost as many last place finishes as they have Stanley cups, however, I don't see you Oiler fans pointing that out over and over, and the last place finishes are much more recent then your Stanley Cups.
If we are being honest, the only reason the Oilers have any hope at all is because of McDavid. If you did not end up with McDavid, the Oilers would be worse now then they were a decade ago. So management for the Oilers has been terrible if not laughable, the hope was it would get better when you finally got rid of Kevin Lowe and Company but it hasn't, it almost seems like it has gotten worse.
There is a high level of parity in the league now and realistically any team that gets in can win it all. The Flames management has looked at their roster decided where their weaknesses were and have made moves to improve the team. They may not all work out, however, from what I see the Flames are greatly improved over the team they iced last year. The only thing I would have liked to see is the addition of a solid back up, but I also think that one of our many goalie prospects has to finally take the ball and run with it. The only way for that too happen is they have to play with the big club, if we had an experienced back up that opportunity wouldn't be there.