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Originally Posted by theinfinitejar
Sucking for a decade is absolutely not a given. If you suck for that long you have bigger problems than whether you bought too much 10 years before.
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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
It’s not so cut and dry I mean look at the Oilers having 10 top 10 picks, numerous 1st overalls and the like and blundering all of that away. Buffalo comes to mind as well for having had riches upon riches but seemingly they have but mere flashes to show for it. The Flames find themselves in a really good position when it comes to the hockey they are paying right now and adding in a couple of pieces to push them over the top makes complete sense. This is a 32 team league, it’s competitive and some teams really have to jump at a chance when it presents itself otherwise mediocrity will reign supreme and that’s Calgary to me. Never willing to push the chips all in especially when it matters most. This is as good a time as any to load up and I’m confident the Flames are finally going to do just that which is exciting.
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Please name some examples of teams that unloaded many of their top prospects and multiple first rounders to load up on one playoff run, and didn't suffer a long stretch of losing shortly thereafter.
And what are some examples of teams that became perrenial contenders (as in legitimate cup threats most years for a period of time longer than a decade) and got there by unloading a ton of futures as soon as they appeared to be in cup contention?