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Originally Posted by Hackey
What if the Flames land Draisaitl instead of Bennett? That would have completely altered the trajectory of the team. Luck is required with top picks, later picks, trades, etc. I don't get this line of thinking that some top picks bust therefore what? You don't want them? Most later round picks bust too yet you have more confidence that youll build a contender that way? To me that's flawed logic.
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The argument against it for me is:
A) I still think this team can be very good and I want to see what the new collection of players can do.
B) There is no guarantee you're going to be picking in the top 3, therefore probably making for a very long rebuild.
Line of thinking? Has anyone here stated they don't want top picks? No, it's how you have to get them and the long term risk it involves. The rebuild crowd makes it seem like it's "just that easy". Just sell your top guys and you're on the road to recovery. You mentioned luck, well it also takes lots of special kind of "luck" to get a top pick. So much so, we've never done it. Not even after we sold off our team in the 90's.