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Originally Posted by Joborule
This franchise is never going anywhere, until they finally commit to the long game of developing their own talent, and having high impact players come from the draft and shrewd trades that don't sacrifice long term assets.
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Gaudreau - drafted in the 4th round
Monahan - drafted
Tkachuk - drafted
Lindholm - traded for, maybe shrewdly?
Hanifin - traded for, maybe shrewdly?
Bennett - drafted 4th overall
Backlund - drafted
Gio - signed undrafted
Andersson - drafted
Dube - drafted
Mangiapane - drafted
Brodie - drafted
What you are saying they should be doing is pretty much exactly what they've been doing, other than the Hamonic trade, and Brouwer/Neal signings.