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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You spend 2-3 years tanking.
Year 1: The sell-off. You empty your roster of good players that will return value with the end game being you suck, but are loaded with futures.
Year 2: You suck.
Year 3: You suck again if you didn’t get the players in the draft you believe you needed.
You then start building things back up. You make some trades, target *elite* talent in free agency and you just try to be as good as you can every season knowing that you have those foundational picks from Years 1-3.
There’s no shortcut or quick “rebuild” but the actual tanking part should be limited to 2-3 years depending on draft position success. After that? You do what the Flames do now, which is do whatever you can to be as best as you can but the key difference is you have the foundational pieces drafted in years 1-3.
It’s better than aimlessly wandering in mediocrity and screwing your future by loading up on UFA contracts
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Essentially what the Flames did in 2013 and 2014.