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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The Leafs recently did it fairly quickly after tanking and the Rangers look like the next great young team. They Leafs made some astute first round picks in Marner, Nylander, and of course winning the draft lottery helps but if you want to win the draft lottery or pick top 3 you have to commit to the tank and the Flames have never really done that. The organization has only really been committed to one thing and that's to try to get into the playoffs at all costs and it's resulted in decades of mediocrity.
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The Leafs were rebuilding from 2004-2016 basically with one playoff appearance that came in a lockout shortened season and included 8 bottom 10 finishes in 9 years.
It is like saying the Oilers didn’t start rebuilding until they got McDavid. Sure it was the picks from 14-16 that pushed the Leafs forward but they had key pieces from previous failed years like Kadri and Rielly.