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Originally Posted by David Struch
The Flames needed to bottom out at least once during the past few seasons... Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine, Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner, Nathan MacKinnon, Leon Draisaitl etc.
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The two ends of hockey are the same, you can build a cup winning team, but there is an intangible element of luck in actually winning, a Boston, as opposed to being a perennial playoff team, a San Jose.
The same applies on the other end, you can sell off your assets but if the first couple of low picks in the early non playoff years do well you bounce out to quickly, Calgary and Vancouver are in the same boat here, Boeser and Petterson score enough to ensure the 'Nucks wont get a nos 1 anytime soon.