A scorched earth rebuild doesn't guarantee anything either.
We could finish last place for two straight seasons and lose the draft lottery and pick #3 and #6 or something.
We could miss on a pick. I don't want to pick on Sam but that pick didn't work out. And at the time he was the guy that was going to be the next franchise player. Remember some people (especially me) were worried that we would have to "settle" for Draisaitl because Edmonton might take Bennett?
There is a lot of luck involved with this stuff and unfortunately the Calgary Flames never have any.
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