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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Well, I'm not talking about a schematic, Jiri.
Obviously I don't expect you to come up with, "Trade for the 79th overall pick, draft the diamond in the rough top prospect of the draft. Following season, make trade on December 19th sending ____ to ____ in exchange for ____."
I'm saying, do you build through free agency, rely on your existing stable of picks. try to pick up college free agents to supplement your winning roster?
How do the Flames get 3 players like Landeskog, Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly? How do the Flames acquire players like Toews, Kane?
Pietrangelo, Berglund, Backes?
Lucic, Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand?
Kopitar, Quick, Brown?
How do you build a champsionship core of players?
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Doesn’t that prove what I’m saying – it’s about execution
Championship teams get there by outperforming everyone else when it comes to acquiring players by the draft, trade and free agency.
The Kings drafted their elite #1 goalie in the middle rounds. They draft Kopitar around a bunch of other guys that are busts. They drafted guys like Simmonds who they then turned into Mike Richards. They filled needs via free agency with reasonable offers to guys that contributed – Mitchell and Scuderi.
The Bruins made great deals (Kessel), made great decisions with free agents (Chara), and even found a #1 goalie in Europe (Thomas). They drafted impact players in the late 1st and other rounds (Lucic, Krejci, Bergeron, Marchand). Again – they out-executed their competition.
Same with the Blues – combination of hitting on high picks, but moreso making great use of late 1sts to get guys like Berglund, Perron, Backes, Tarasenko, etc.
Go back further to the Devils and Wings – and they simply outperformed other teams at the draft, in trades and with free agents.
It’s about execution.