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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I dunno. I think getting pick #4, #6, and #6 over 4 years is close enough to "embracing the suck". 3 picks right around the top 5 mark should be enough to build any franchise.
There's lots of reasons why the Flames aren't at the top of the standings right now, but sucking hard and drafting high enough aren't those reasons.
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that's a tricky one. for sure 4/6/6 is a decent sweet spot and their haul in the end of the day was ok there- 3 NHLers for sure, but its a big difference at 1 or 2, especially at Center but all positions- the elites are in the those top few picks
getting those can be tricky those (especially with lottery). embracing the suck helps for sure
Arizona is giving 'er on this right now and is in the mix for 1OV
at times edmonton and buffalo have seemed to be (but that can be hard to know intentional versus incompetence) trying to suck- its worked, sort of- although neither team has ever really risen appropriately
look at Montreal this year? they were in the finals last year- did they really actively try and do what they are doing right now? I mean most of us could have seen they were way worse than their playoff results,
Tampa in 07-08 were just a few years removed from the playoffs and had a solid team still led by Lecavalier , St Louis, Richards, Boyle, Prospal and Torts as coach- did they intend to crater and nab Stamkos? kudos if so, but that's a nice way to do things