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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Maybe, kinda. Monahan was selected 6th overall, no guarantees there and even when we selected 4th overall most people thought that wasn't low enough and we should have tanked.
Flames did well for themselves, without becoming an embarrassment and tanking.
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All I'm saying is that getting high draft picks sure makes finding a #1 Centre easier. While we certainly "did well" with Monahan and Bennett, they both kind of fell into our lap, didn't they? It's going to be a lot harder to find that quality player this year now that we are most likely back in the teens.
The optics of sucking is a debate for the ages, but at the end of the day, there is still no better way to build a cup winner than through high draft picks. I'm pretty sure neither the Hawks nor the Kings feel embarrassed about how they went about winning their Cups...those teams don't win without Doughty/Kane/Toews no matter what anyone tries to say.