Four seasons ago, the Calgary Flames were in trouble.
They had an aging core, the majority of which had seen their best seasons already. Their key assets were depreciating in value rapidly, notably Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester. Miikka Kiprusoff had seen his best years and was readying for retirement. The bottom was about to fall out on the team's dreams of playoff contention.
Flames management finally threw in the towel and began their rebuild. Here we are, roughly 185 games into the rebuild, and Calgary's struggles (at times) this season have led to questions regarding the team's progression since hitting the magical reset button.