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Originally Posted by Igottago
Why were the Flames any good at all from 2017 to 2022? Did you respect the Flames prior to that, because they actually did deliberately rebuild.
They ended the Iginla era in 2013, traded away most of the remaining vets, and ended up getting some of their highest draft picks ever in the following years (Bennett, Monahan, Tkachuck) at least 2/3 of those were foundational reasons for their change in fortunes. This is the key -- these weren't fluke draft picks from the mid to late first round, they were top 10 picks that were projected to be franchise changing --- and 2/3 were.
It was only 2 years after trading Iginla that they won a round and people were getting excited about the young nucleus of players.
Rebuilding does not mean 12 years of garbage like Buffalo. But you have to swallow a bitter pill for a few years just to get those really top end draft picks. The Flames continuing to pick mid draft is highly unlikely to yield those results.
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Except the best Flame was drafted in the 4th round, not the top 10.