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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
You can trace every good team in the league right now to the draft, and you can trace most of the bad teams in the league to the draft. It comes down to good drafting and development, sure, but it mostly comes down to blind luck and quantity.
Matt Murray was the 2nd of 2 3rd round picks. Starting goalie on an ELC the year he wins his first cup. If the flames keep moving draft picks for players that get them into 8th or 9th place, this mediocrity will persist in perpetuity.
It is the hallmark of the Calgary Flames. There will be zero success here, like there has been zero success, until ownership decides they like winning more than they like not being terrible.
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Excellent post. Mortgaging the future to try and improve in the short term is almost always a recipie for disaster. That being said, there is no substitute for quality scouting & drafting. Case in point the team north of us, despite years of top picks and winning the McDavid lottery, they are still dreadful. Then again you could look at a team like Pittsburgh which is based around Crosby and Malkin, a #1 and a #2 draft pick.
These past 13 seasons have been so frustrating for us. Just one playoff series win against an injured Canucks team. That's literally it. Despite a major rebuild, we don't seem to be that much farther ahead than we were before it. Our playoff hopes this year are quickly fading, and we basically don't have any draft picks in this upcoming draft. Where are the reasons for optimism? I can't seem to find any...