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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I don't believe in total re-build ("blow it up!"), as a valid concept. Unless a new team is introduced through an expansion draft, there is no way total re-build is even possible. More often than not, when mentioning re-build, people really mean letting go of all long-term veteran star players in exchange for high picks and good prospects. To project San Jose situation onto Calgary: considering how good Regehr's, Phaneuf's, Iginla's and Bouwmeester's careers have continued after their respective trades out of Calgary and how lousy were the returns to the Flames, the question should be: would Flames have been better off by keeping these players and continuing to build around them? I'd say, absolutely.
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No way. You can't just look at the return we got, you also have to look at the opportunities within the organization it created and the increased draft positioning we received.
For example in 2013, we drafted Monahan. We might have gotten lucky at a lower draft position and ended up with Domi, but most likely we would have ended up with a much worse player.
Although part of Calgary's rebuild can be attributed to luck. Getting Gaudreau and Brodie from later rounds was just lucky.