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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Canadian teams typically have a harder time luring free agents without massively overpaying and are often on players no-trade lists.
I don’t think it’s any coincidence Canadian teams have a harder time winning. We have a disadvantage that places like LA and New York simply don’t have to deal with. It’s bull#### and totally unfair (which is why I think NTC’s should die forever) but it is what it is.
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UFA's don't mean that much to becoming a contender...they can help put you over the top though. The Flames have signed as many 4x4 and 5x5 contracts as anyone except PHI and NYR since the lockout.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It is a fair bit better, actually. One of those players on the Oilers list is a bonafide top-four defenseman, Jeff Petrie; whereas the Flames have drafted three in Brodie, Fox and Andersson. While the best Oilers forward drafted over that period is Khaira—a third/fourth line 'tweener, the Flames in the same period of time have found all of Ferland, Gaudreau, Mangiapane and Dube outside of Round #1.
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Also:
Markus Granlund played 335 games (admittedly an arbitrary cut off)
Brett Kulak is at 235
Lance Bouma played 357