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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I would build a team around making the right trades and picking up the right free agents over trying to have success by drafting a team.
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do you have examples of teams that have won the cup because of free agent signings? Trades are a little different, you can't include deadline deals because that trade would only impact from the deadline on. It would have to be deals that had an impact on a team for a few years resulting in a cup.
Chara is one example of a free agent signing that changed a franchise but they also drafted extremely well too so that doesn't really count. Making the right trades is good but it doesn't get you the core players you build around. Recently most free agent signings have been considered bad due to the fact that anyone good is going to command an over payment and that more then hampers a teams future.
Drafting players and bringing them up is not only how teams become good but how they stay good.