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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The whole "build through the draft or UFA" argument is a little off target, I think. You build winning teams by acquiring players whose value on the ice exceeds their cost. The easiest way to do that is through the draft. The hardest way (at least for top end players) is free agency.
So your general point is accurate, but it argues a false absolute. When you look at the roster of any Cup winning team, there is a good mixture of own draft picks, astute trade acquisitions and free agents.
The real question here is whether Getzlaf would have been a good free agent signing at the cost. That is a question that applies equally to Calgary in the hypothetical as it does Anahiem in the practical.
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Sure, I can't argue that. All teams have to supplement their weaknesses; I said build through the draft and not FA, not never sign a FA or never make a trade. The starting point to start building is the draft, thats all.