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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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Hmm Vegas has made mistakes for sure.
Suzuki + Tatar + 2nd for Pacioretty is a bad trade long term
They gave up a lot of assets for Tatar in the first place which was bad (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Glass wasn't a great pick at 6th overall.
They made a bit of a mess of their cap and goalie situation with the whole Fleury / Lehner debacle.
Firing Gallant for DeBoer is still a bit questionable IMO.
Difference is the expansion draft allowed them to have a stock pile of assets because other teams really screwed up that expansion draft, and that means that the mistakes they have made can be covered up easily.
And then the other thing is that we are talking about the city of Las Vegas here...which provides an advantage that Calgary just can't compete with in terms of getting guys like Stone and Pietrangelo to go there to start with.