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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I agree with some of this(Yzerman is a great GM) but traditionally Tampa has tanked better then Calgary, its happened often enough that I don't think its a coincidance. Hedman(1stOA), Stamos(1stOA), Drouin(3rdOA). They seem to follow a one year in, one year out strategy that is either lucky or sinister.
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It's dynamic along with some luck for sure.
Like I said, some of these teams aren't afraid to pull the chute on a season despite upward trajectory and acquire more high draft picks.
You need to be really accumulating decent picks for a few years to become a contender, you can't just do it once or twice and then start building around a couple guys. That's what Canadian teams typically do because their fans and media are impatient.