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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
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.
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What?
What on earth?
Dale Tallon was let go because they finished last and drafted two franchise players and won the stanley cup?
What?
It's not about sucking and lucking into a top player, it's about CONTINUALLY SELLING VALUABLE ASSETS TO ACCUMULATE PICKS IN THE DRAFT.
where they finish in the standings is secondary to GETTING PICKS FOR PLAYERS.
Boiling it down to Kane and Toews is quite easy. It's the 12 players they drafted other than those two that made up the bulk of the cup winning roster, players drafted by the organization with picks acquired from other teams for veterans. Picks that now make up the majority of their core group that is looking like a cup contender today.