For every philosophy of how to build a winner, there's some opposite, but equally successful, philosophy to counter it. I don't think there is only one way to build a winner at a particular moment in time...there can be 3-4 at at time that are equally as likely to win. Sometimes it just comes down to timing and luck.
The one thing that I have yet to see however, is a Stanley Cup winner that drafts poorly. I don't care what your philosophy is...but you better do most of it through the draft. Very few, if any, teams have put together Championship teams through mostly trades.
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