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Originally Posted by ComixZone
So, continue to do exactly what they have been doing for all these years?
Do you not see a need for the team to take a different approach to get different results?
To me, the situation up North shows what that talent level can do for you. They are such a horribly managed team that the top draft picks they do have are the only reason why they have any sort of success. They aren't bad because of McDavid/Draisaitl, they are bad because they do dumb!@#$ like trade Hall for Larsson, trade two 2nd round picks for 10 games of Athanasiou, overpay players like Koskinen, Kassian, Chiasson, Russell etc, and while being incompetent on the draft floor unless they're picking top-3 (and even then, they've screwed it up). You can't overcome poor management.
Yeah, I don't think this team is going to tank. I think it goes beyond management and coaching though, I think it's an ownership decision. This team won't tank, which is why I think they should be taking the risk on Eichel. Players of that quality aren't available where we normally draft/seem to be poised to draft in the next few years - so if one becomes available, you absolutely go for it in my eyes.
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What they need to do differently is stop spending top 2 round draft picks on players like Hamonic, Lazar and Elliott.
Looks bad in retrospect when young players like Dobson, Formenton and Kyrou were picked with those and we have nothing to show for it.
I don’t mind trading picks like that but it should be for players like Hamilton and not defensive dmen, reclamation projects or backup goalies.
We also need to be smart and trade players like Brodie away as pending free agents and not lose them for nothing because of a fruitless effort to make a run with a team with plenty of holes.
These are the types of things that set an organization back unless you are actually making it out of the 1st round of the playoffs and building a winning foundation.