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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
If you are going to argue against something I never said, please don't waste your time or mine by typing out a response.
I never said anything about not making deals like that. I was speaking to deliberately making no effort to improve the on-ice product so the Flames can tank for McDavid. And if Burke's strategy is "lets just suck for a few years and let #1 picks roll in", he needs to be fired right now. That is the very model up north that we have spent several years laughing at and it is incredibly hypocritical to propose it as a plan of action for the Flames.
The Flames need to be doing a lot of things right now. And if Burke is half the genius people make him out to be, fleecing a few teams in trade is part of it. And not just for picks that might help this team in three years when kids like Monahan have spent their NHL careers learning to accept losing like Hall, Eberle and RNH have. But young players who can step into the lineup and help move this organization forward.
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The problem the Oilers have encountered though is that with all their draft picks, they haven't done a good job at picking good players. They've been swinging strikes numerous times with picks outside of the first overall. That's why the Oilers are in the position they're in. They've failed in the one thing they can only do in order to improve. Drafting good players. They don't have any assets they can give up in order to gain great players, that doesn't involve sending off a blue-chip prospect. And they can sign top tier free agents that would help their team now since players don't want to play for them.
They're inability to find good players in the second, third, and later rounds is what's going to keep them in the same position they are currently; until they finally start making improvements in that regard. It's the same issue others clubs like the Blue Jackets, the Thrashers/Jets, Panthers, and other clubs have/had.