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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Yes, drafting is a large part of it. Both of those teams have no shortage of superstars.
Another thing is that I believe both of those teams, when they missed the playoffs, were not burdened by large contracts to older players.
Even now, Colorado only has one player over 28 on contract for next season (excluding LTIR). The Flames have 6.
Good cap situations make it easy to rebound after tanking for a year.
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The Avs have a good cap situation because they have largely built from within and have avoided the temptation of UFA quick fixes. After buying out Brouwer the Flames went directly back to the UFA well with Neil. Treliving has had a rough go of it when it comes to free agency as he didn't learn from his mistakes.