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Originally Posted by TOfan
Carolina and Calgary are very different organizations. Different market, different ownership, different expectations I would bet. It's no surprise the Canes have had that amount of draft capital, they are a budget team who had an ownership change during the time frame you are looking at. They compile picks by trading players they don't want or can't afford to pay. If the Flames were in sell mode as often as the Canes have historically been, they would likely have a similar amount of draft picks, but, again, what's the mandate from ownership? Part of the reason behind the Lindholm Hanifin trade was Carolina didn't want to pay them what they were worth. As for the return for those two assets, the Canes may only have a second and a third to show for it by this offseason. So, let's wait and see there.
Also, you correctly point out that they haven't ascended to their spot with the benefit of a 1OA pick, but they did win the lottery and jump 10 spots to pick 2OA. The Flames haven't had that good fortune yet.
I'm not convinced the Canes model is all that relevant, or should be followed, when looking for franchises to compare.
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Yes going with those parameters every organization is of course different, but that doesn't preclude them from being compared to one another.
Carolina was a cap team last year, and are basically in the exact same cap position as the Flames this year. So I think calling them a budget team is incorrect.
The Canes model is showing to be a successful path? Why are they not relevant?