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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
You can't out-draft not having picks. In 2018 Washington won the cup and then drafted 4 times in the first 3 rounds of the draft. In 2018 the Flames missed the playoffs and made 0 picks in the first 3 rounds of the draft. A year after, the Caps made just 4 total picks in the draft, but picked 3 times in the first 3 rounds. The Flames made only one more pick than Washington despite the Capitals having just won the cup, and only picked twice in the first 3 rounds.
To be true contenders, the bleeding has to stop.
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That is very fair. You can only draft well, if you have the picks to draft with. In addition to that, they need to (and appear to already) put emphasis on College and European young free agents. Rittich came to us in that way.