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Originally Posted by Bingo
So hang around the bottom of the standings, hope you win a lottery, and hope you time it for a top end player?
No thanks.
It's about wins and always should be. The guys in the middle are fighting to avoid the bottom and move into the top.
Lots of GMs with high draft picks get fired.
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And they're accomplishing what exactly?
The teams that hang around the middle - Calgary, Minnesota, Philadelphia etc are not the teams earning any real playoff success by doing so.
As for getting fired, that's unfortunate, but behind most championship teams was a bottom-out season. It's how the Blackhawks got Kane, how the Penguins got Crosby/Malkin/MAF, how the Capitals got Ovechkin/Backstrom, how the Lightning got Hedman/Stamkos, and how the Avalanche got MacKinnon/Makar. Those seasons were far more beneficial in the long run than the seasons they missed the playoffs but "fought to avoid the bottom".
And yes, despite the Oilers' futility at times, that has translated into more playoff success - McDavid has led his team to the WCF. Treliving has not.
Your playoff team point distribution is fine. But as soon as a team misses the playoffs, the most desired outcome DOES flip. Finishing 17th place is NOT a better outcome than finishing 32nd
If the Flames miss the playoffs this year, we will be lamenting not being in the running for Bedard, Michkov et al