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Originally Posted by dobbles
You guys are obsessing about the Avs. There is more than 1 way to make a team. They haven't won anything yet and at this point are still fighting against a team that has built without many high draft picks. Dallas seems to have a home-run with Heiskanen, but aside from that, they haven't had a pick in the single digits in the last decade either. (Nichuskin was 10 so he kept me from being able to say 'top 10' pick)
Dallas had a good mixture of trades working out (Spezza, Seguin), FA signings (Bishop [yes I know they technically traded for his rights], Radulov), and late drafting (Benn, Klingberg). So try not to get too obsessed with the Avs because 4 days ago they were looking like they might not be as good as the Stars hodgepodge building strategy.
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The stars have drafted in the first round every since 2009, have picked multiple times in the 1st round twice in that span, and made 9 1st round selections in the top 15.
So just in the last 10 years they've 1) Drafted higher than the flames ever have and 2) drafted in the first round more than once more times than the Flames ever have.
1st round selection Denis Gurianov has 14 points in 15 playoff games this year.
So even if Supermatt is right about there being more than one way of doing things, the Flames aren't doing it the way the stars are, either.