In reality, we need to blow it up. I tried to be optimistic for this season, loved the Markstrom signing and all, but this team seems destined to toil in mediocrity (ie playoff bubble) for years to come...
Virtually every team that has won the Cup in last couple of decades has built around top 3 picks, or a series of them...yes, there are those examples of Sabres, etc, but without that foundation, it's tough to get to that upper echelon...
I'm not a huge of the draft system, but it will not change (except for favouring tanking teams more)...
Someone mentioned Point...
The 2011 & 2014 drafts still drive me bonkers. Lightning Vs Flames. 2011: we pick Tyler Wotherspoon 57th, Lightning Kucherov 58th - of course many teams missed Kucherov, but he was undeniably skilled and worth the risk at that point. 2014: 2 x 2nd rnders and a 3rd rnder and we skipped hometown kid Braydon Point all 3 effen times. How different would this team look with those two..Even Point alone...
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