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Originally Posted by Tinordi
So are we gradually agreeing that there is one basic strategy available? That we need to accumulate draft picks over multiple years to draft a new core?
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I would look at it as a success factor. Along with things like:
- # of high 1st round picks (say top 5?)
- % of hitting on picks
- Use of cap space
- Success in attracting free agents for good prices
- and a lot of other stuff
You need to be a good at least a few of those things for sure. The Flames haven't been good at much in the last, oh, 20 years.
Part of it is a vicious cycle too. I maintain the Flames' biggest challenge for the better part of the last 20 years is an overall lack of quality assets to work with across the entire organization - players, prospects and draft picks. They just have never had enough "stuff" to work with.