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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The Flames are dead last now without having sold anything off. The Hawks finished dead last by continually dealing their players with value, not by holding onto a dead husk of a team, attempting to supplement the team by dealing away picks for ready-now players.
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They also finished last after getting big ticket players. I think it's great the Hawks finally were able to move on from their previous horrible owner but they finally turned things around once they finished dead last and got Toews and Kane. That's it. That wasn't a plan, that was what happened because of total sucking and why Tanllon was eventually let go.
I don't see the Hawks as an example of a brilliant master plan of a team that was on top, then had a plan to burn it to the ground to rebuild.
They certainly rebuilt, but because of situation, not by choice.
No team ever goes for the first overall pick, that decision is unfortunately thrust upon them. They may accept it and go for it then but it's not an initial idea.