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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It doesn't matter. Teams that continually draft high still have trouble attracting talent (Edmonton, Florida, Columbus, etc...). Teams that spend will attract talent. Teams that draft high get more affordable talent in the short term, but the ability to keep and attract talent is a function of spending, not drafting.
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Edmonton has had trouble attracting talent drafting high? Not really sure what you mean. Are you saying Hall, RNH and Yakupov have no talent?
Edmonton again would have a lot of problems attracting talent if it were just up to spending. They couldn't keep Cujo, Weight, Guerin, Smyth, etc. They can't seem to attract any big name UFAs except Schultz and they only got Schultz because they had drafted Eberle, RNH, and Hall. All their high talent that they currently have was acquired through the draft directly or indirectly (Schultz).
The cap and the draft are both mechanisms to help parity. The cap may be the more important of the two. But your claim that there is zero evidence that the draft helps parity is still clearly false.