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Originally Posted by Coach
The faith people have that unknown quantities like 16-18 year olds continues to blow my mind. Even with Bennett added to the conversation, who himself was once touted as a top line center in waiting for which we are still waiting and will likely not be the case.
I’m not against trading Gaudreau Monahan and/or Gio, but there’s no guarantee picks turn into players that are as good. I’m not on board with trading Tkachuk at all though.
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Good teams are built through the !@#$ing draft. Full stop.
You don't simply acquire elite centres. One or two get moved each decade. Yeah, not all picks are hits - but that doesn't mean you don't take the risk. The alternative is exactly what this organization has done for 30 years. Absolutely nothing.
This organization has achieved nothing in 30 years because they constantly go for the "win now" approach. Year in, year out - it's the exact same. This whole idea that we're somehow better than other organizations because we don't draft high is an absolute farce.
Yeah, you don't go Oilers - but the Oilers didn't even mean to go full Oilers. They did what they did out of actual honest to god incompetence. Our incompetence is only slightly less than theres - which is why we draft where we draft every year and never win any playoff series. Cut out the rot and build through the draft, it's the only actual path to relevancy in my eyes. Otherwise this team just hangs around in mediocrity for another handful of years.
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Originally Posted by IrishSpring2013
Nah, some faults could be blamed on the Flames and Benzo might have all the tools you listed but he doesn't think the game at the NHL level very well.
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For a guy who doesn't think the game at the NHL level very well he produces at an elite clip in the playoffs. The most important time of the year. This team has had brain dead coaches for years and they messed up one of our best prospects of all time - yeah, Bennett was immature on the ice during these times but guess what? He was young and needed some structure and coaching and this team !@#$ the bed. Tree goes out there and pays out huge contracts for absolute anchors and then plants them on Bennett's line because those players are so bad they can't stay in the top six despite being paid to play there. Those players were so bad they would destroy our top line when played there - so what chance in hell did a young player with little experience have? But yeah, of course a good amount of it is on Sam's shoulders as well - no player gets to excuse their way out of accountability.