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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
Not really sure this is a fair comparison. He revamped rules for expansion present the expansion team with riches right out of the gates. They have access to very good young players to claim and can make deals in the process to accumulate draft capital. The whole process is significantly in favour of the expansion team now unlike years past
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Just because other GMs in the league were dumb enough to give up 2 good players to protect 1 good player, does not excuse the Flames' poor asset management. It basically comes down to good management vs bad management.
Vegas identified the right type of team, identity and players they wanted to go after right from the start and they haven't made a ton of mistakes in their process.
You can't exactly say that about the Flames who have flip flopped from coach to coach to coach and changed team identities along with a multitude of players in the process.
Even just one or two less mistakes would've helped this team dramatically. I mean, imagine if the Flames had one or both of Jordan Kyrou and Joel Farabee up the middle. This team would be set and we wouldn't even have to think about acquiring Jack Eichel.