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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Without the depth the VGK establishing out of the draft they don't have the success to become a destination spot for these "star" players. I mean, you must be really dense to think that the on ice success of the GK wasn't the thing that drew the "stars" to Vegas, and the success was not a result of the depth the NHL expansion draft allowed the GKs to develop out of the gate. Without the player depth the VGK had right out of the gate, it would have been an expansion graveyard and no one in their right mind would have accepted a trade there, or signed there as a free agent. It was the organizational depth afforded out of the gate that made the VGK a success, nothing more. Without all those quality players and draft picks given to them by teams wanting to protect assets, that team would have been the Washington Capitals all over again. The $500M expansion fee made it possible for quality players to be available and the GKs a formidable squad right out of the gate.
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I haven’t gone back at looked at prospecting reports from their first season, but I would have to assume Theodore, Fleury, Marchessault, and Karlsson all played at a start level that season.
I just don’t see your argument here. The key to build up a team is to get a bunch of great depth players so that stars will want to sign eventually?
Obviously you have to be a good team to draw talent. To use your terminology I just think it’s very dense to trade legitimate star players that we have for depth in the hope that the depth will draw in different star players