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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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In Dallas' case it helps a lot that they were able to:
1. Add a key secondary player in Pavelski at a very reasonable price due to having a desirable market, and
2. Not have all that young talent force their way out to go play somewhere else
Don't think that's a model that works for a feeder market like Calgary, and certainly not with so much money already locked up in untradeable, long-term deals. Going scorched earth and growing a new, young core together like they were able to do in the post-Iginla era is pretty much the only option this team has to get back to contender status. There is no re-tooling this roster, in this city, to a cup.