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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Even Detroit that is considered to be a well run organization, with a star GM, is now up to a 7 year drought.
Ottawa is at 6.
Anaheim at 5.
Again I'm not disagreeing with what you are saying, just outlining why it's probably a hard argument to win with ownership. Best you can do is somehow take a more balanced and forward looking approach, without uttering the word Re-build.
To me Dallas is the model. And that also underscores why drafting is so important. They've been able to move to a new core that seems like it can compete with few high picks (Heiskenen the notable one) but they drafted REALLY well outside of high picks. That's the only way you can pull it off. Which means have to become more valuable to this franchise.
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They've done well, but IIRC not too long ago people here mocked all of their long term veteran contracts. They got some real found moneyh with Robertson and Oettinger all in one year - it was like they traded for two additional first rounders in the end result. Mind you, aside from them and Hintz a couple years before, you have to go back to Kinglberg and Benn to find a guy they drafted that turned out to be an impact player (for them - Nikushkin blossomed later).