But I was told by many vocal posters that this team will never be successful unless they adopted the tank for high picks method. We simply do not have the elite talent on this team which is allegedly impossible to acquire without picking top 3 in the draft.
This flames team was built with good drafting, trades and free agent signings.
Getting Gaudreau, Mangiapane, Andersson, Kylington, Dube outside the first round
Trading for Lindholm, Hanifin, Toffoli, Zadorov
Signing Markstrom, Tanev, Coleman, Gudbransen
Hitting on the 6th pick with Tkachuk
Hiring a HOF coach in Sutter
These are all the reasons this years team is a legit contender and done without drafting in the top 3.
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