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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
People underestimate how much luck and timing plays a role into winning a Stanley Cup and going on a run.
Sure some teams are powerhouses...Tampa Bay being the one example.
But honestly other recent champions like Washington, St.Louis, Vegas and to a lesser extend Colorado had a lot go right to be able to win their cups.
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There's no denying luck. But I'd way sooner build my franchise on the model of the teams that are consistently in the conversation and have seen some repeatable playoff success. When you're in that category, spending draft picks/prospect capital makes all the sense in the world to maximize your window.
The lightning-in-a-bottle exceptions happen, but 'get in and anything can happen' isn't an advisable strategy.
Broken record, but behaving like a small market franchise would be a wonderful approach right about now.