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Originally Posted by strombad
I know the Sabres are bad, but are you really stoked over the idea that your team might not improve AT ALL over the summer and go through the motions for a whole season just for a high percentage chance at drafting one of McDavid or Eichel?
Gross. Seriously. McDavid be damned, it's unreasonable to be a fan of a team and be even remotely pleased or expectant of ZERO improvement over the course of two seasons.
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This is the thing. Sure, getting a better draft pick is a good thing. But wasting a season, and not developing all the players that you have, is far too big of a price.
I hate to say it, but the Oilers are a perfect example. Come November, they are out of it and MacT is talking publicly about drafting Ekblad. That instantly says to the entire organization: this year doesn't matter. And then everyone coasts the rest of the year and the opportunity to learn and develop is lost.
I don't care where we draft (though obviously 1st would be nice) the Flames are doing it the right way.