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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Rebuilding isn't about sucking; it's about stockpiling draft picks and prospects. Buffalo has done that. Edmonton hasn't. When did they load up on 1st and 2nd round picks?
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2007 -> 3 1sts (Gagner, Nash, Plante)
2010 -> 1 1st, 3 2nds (Hall, Pitlick, Marincin, Hamilton)
2011-> 2 1sts, 1 2nd (RNH, Klefbom, Musil)
Rebuilding isn't just about getting picks, it's about building a team. Burke took the opposite strategy in Toronto, and by the time he left the pieces were really beginning to fit together over there.
I'm hoping Treliving and Burke can kind of Ying/Yang a good drafting and development organization bolstered by intelligent hockey trades.