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Originally Posted by Table 5
If I'm honest, this will be the first season in a while where I'm not going into it thinking that in the long-run it would be preferable for the team to get a high draft pick as opposed to make the playoffs.
I think I'm most excited to just see if this young core can sink or swim, especially now that goaltending should be a bit more reliable. While there's a long way to go, and still don't care if me we make the playoffs, I think we're in a pretty good spot to take the next step.
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Yep. With the drafting of Tkachuk, I think thats it. If those players become what they should be, combined with Gio, Brodie, Hamilton et al, thats pretty much right up to the salary cap.
What they need to do is to draft well in the first round, and keep finding the gems in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. There will always be tweaking and trades, but successful teams build through the draft and what we have is a great foundation moving forward. No more hoping for a Mcdavid, Matthews, Mackinnon. This is it and I like it.