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Originally Posted by ComixZone
In the last few years:
LA: Jeff Carter, Derek Forbort, Alec Martinez, Tyler Toffoli, Jack Campbell, Oscar Fantenberg, Carl Hagelin, Jake Muzzin
NYR: Brady Skjei, Jimmy Vesey, Adam McQuaid, Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh, J.T Miller, Rick Nash, Michael Grabner
That’s ripping it down.
It takes years for things to come together. Ripping it down doesn’t mean you all of a sudden compete for a Cup, but you’re hoping you build the foundation for a Cup run. It’s a plan.
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That’s not ripping it down. None of those guys were core vital players for those teams. Nash was at the end of his career and Carter was also 35+ when dealt. They traded some 2nd line guys they didn’t want to give long term deals to in years they missed the playoffs. LA tearing it down would have meant trading Kopitar and/or Doughty. The Rangers identified Zibenijad and Krieder as guys they wanted to keep.
Rangers benefited from winning the lottery 2 years in a row and also had Panarin and Fox make their way over there. LA had a nice season but none of their picks look to be absolute studs yet.
The Flames have been battling for a playoff spot or in the playoffs since Tkachuk’s rookie year so they didn’t make trades for picks but the only players that were still on the team from the 16/17 sweep of the Ducks are Monahan, Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Backlund and Stone. This team has been changed a bunch in the last 5 years since this team started going for it
Mangiapane, Dube, Anderson, Kylington all rose up through the prospect ranks
Lindholm, Hanifin, Toffoli, Lucic, Zadorov, Jarnkrok, Vladar we’re all acquired in trade
Markstrom, Coleman, Tanev, Gudbransen, Lewis, Ritchie we’re free agent signings.
Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Backlund are the only core players here for the last 5 years and the team has been built around them with some key members taking over roles in that core but we must keep the 2 most crucial pieces in Gaudreau and Tkachuk