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Originally Posted by Poe969
So instead of rebuilding, you're saying they traded for high drafted players and that's just like a rebuild? That...what?
How's this one: in the past 10 years, the Flames have made the playoffs 4 times and have won only one round. So that's the equivalent of 10 years with only one series win. OR it's like making it to the second round (and then losing) 10 times out of 100 years!
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Please answer this question. How many years does a team need to tank in your mind for a proper rebuild? How many top 10 picks do they need?
The flames drafted high 3 times. They were able to use other assets to acquire players who were picked 5th overall in the same window as their tank years and those players were 23 and 21 when acquired. The Flames started rebuilding in 2013 and in my opinion ended the rebuild in 2017 when they traded those picks for Hamonic (worst move of the rebuild imo). End of the day they have 5 high picks from those years.
Look at the Panthers. Their key players are Huderdeau, Barkov, Ekblad who were drafted in 11, 13, 14. Based on your logic with the Flames they should have moved those players because they had not made the playoffs in any year with those guys until this season. Imagine they did that instead of having the promising team they have now?