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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
But Calgary is doing this as a non playoff, rebuilding roster. They SHOULD be graduating more players as the team has had lots of spots to fill.
Since the 2012 draft they've won a combined 5 playoff games.
The Blues have won the cup and been to the 3rd round
The Bruins have lost in the final twice
The Caps have won the cup and missed the playoffs 1 time
The Hurricanes have been in a similar situation as the Flames and have drafted better and their ownership is an unmitigated disaster.
It's really great that the Flames sold hard for a couple of years and drafted the bulk of their graduating class in a couple of years. It's not great that they have since sold most of their picks just to get their heads above water.
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The examples were chosen by you. And way to keep moving them goalposts!
Compare some other rebuilding teams then, if that's where you want to take the argument. The Oilers, as a quick example, who have drafted ahead of the Flames pretty much every year for the last 15 years, and therefore should have a better list, have graduated a lot of players (they have the quantity covered), but after 4 or 5 guys, it's complete garbage (the quality lacks significantly).
My sense, after quickly glancing across the league, was that the Flames were probably in the top 5 for both quantity and quality over that period - and that would seem to be the case. Teams that graduate the most talent - both in quality and quantity - are probably going to have the most depleted reserves. Shocking, I know.