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Originally Posted by カナダ人です
How do teams in 'win now' mode recoup 1st and 2nd round picks?
Honest question.
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You end up with a wealth of assets at a certain position and are forced to trade a good player for picks/prospects due to the cap or just overwhelming depth
Now imagine with me for a second that three of Valimaki, Andersson, Fox and Kylington turn out within the next few years. What the heck are you going to do with Gio, Hamilton, Brodie and Hamonic plus the 3 above? You have to deal somebody at some point due to the cap. There might be cases where we're up against the cap and set at the other positions so we trade a defenceman for picks/prospects
Or imagine if Jankowski and Bennett both really turn out well. Flames might have to deal a young forward in 4-5 years due to cap reasons. And maybe at that point we grabs picks/prospects because we can't add salary
Now I'm not suggesting above scenarios are likely to happen. But if you want a hypothetical involving the Flames as contenders making a trade to recoup 1sts there's a couple unlikely but feasible scenarios.