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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Nope I didn't.
You stated that they got Crosby by being a garbage team.
I stated that they got him by being lucky.
I think my statement is more true than yours.
And yes it underscores how just tanking and focusing on draft picks isn't enough - you have to have some good fortune in terms of when you, how good that draft is, and how high a pick you get in a lottery world.
That's the risk of going scored earth.
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No, I said 'being garbage is how they got crosby and malkin in the first place', because without being bad, there is no luck available to get Malkin.
I have consistently acknowledged the role luck plays in both draft and development.
No team trying to be good was going to get Malkin at 2nd overall because you have to be bad to get there, so I don't think your statement is more true than mine, it's the inverse.
To get crosby and malkin you had to be garbage.
And again, you're focusing on this as if it's one year, which I don't blame you, the Flames feel the same way.
It's about CONSISTENTLY being bad and accumulating picks, not picking in the 1st round 3 times and calling it a day, or drafting 6th overall and then moving a ton of futures for a player like Hamonic.
Tanking and focusing on picks is how you BEST position yourself for success. Whether Washington wins a cup or not in 2019, they were consistently at the top of the league over a period of time following a commitment to draft high and frequently.
While the Flames were ####ing around in 2012, the capitals were taking Tom WIlson and Forsberg in the first round, with Tom Wilson available with the draft pick the flames traded away in order to 're-coup' the 2nd round pick they had recklessly traded away in the first place.
One team won a cup years later and another team sucks ####.
In the last 15 years the Capitals have drafted more than once in the first round FIVE TIMES.
in FOURTY YEARS the flames have done it ONCE.
If you think that's just luck I've got several bridges to sell you.