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Originally Posted by TOfan
It seems like your idea of a rebuild means the team should have run out an army of 19 year olds for 5 years or so to get their heads kicked in.
An NHL organization needs vets. You need a mix of ages. I have my gripes too about some of the decisions that people still seem to have not gotten over like the Hamonic trade but why is Bollig for a third still being brought up? Who cares?
Unfortunately the Flames never won the lottery when they were in the running, unlike Dallas getting Hieskanen and Carolina getting Svechniov. Luck has a lot to do with it, more than most GM’s are comfortable with, I’d bet. Especially if the organizational mandate is to be competitive as 18+ years would suggest for this one. Look at Detroit. Been on the outside looking in for 6 years, going on 7 in all likelihood, and not a single top 3 pick to show for it. (That’s Flames luck for you). The trajectory of the Flames rebuild was not misguided. Execution was sometimes lacking but they weren’t wrong in trying to go about a V rebuild, opposed to a U.
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DET is an interesting one. I wasn't a big fan of their UFA spending spree this year, but scrolling through their trade history I actually think it's totally fine. They've been super disciplined, and instead of pissing picks to patch holes and acquire "character", they acquired boatloads of picks (some even came with a side-dish veteran)
Since 2017, excluding draft day trades up/down (they've done quite a few trades up with their surplus)
IN:
23
30
33
45
48
52
52
54
55
60
2nd - STL 2023 in Leddy trade
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
3rd
4th
4th
4th
4th
5th
6th
7th
OUT:
52 - for Leddy, flipped for above
3rd - Nedeljkovic
3rd - Husso
4th
5th
5th
6th
NET:
23/30/33
7 x 2nds
5 x 3rds
3 x 4ths
Two goaltenders in their mid 20s; Nedeljkovic hasn't panned out, Husso looks pretty good.
Luck is a huge factor. They've only managed to draft 9/6/6/4/6/8. This build probably isn't going to work as they don't have enough elite talent, but they could go into their next attempt with an incredible asset base.