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Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
Yes, that is true. However, you cannot count today on a franchise player being found in the 4th round. Further, pointing to the last rebuild/retool as a measure of success is not a good justification. Many posters around here were ready to tear the thing down with Gaudreau and Tkachuk on the roster. A full rebuild as many are advocating is going to be a decade of missing the playoffs, unless they get really lucky.
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Bottom line is elite players are required to win championships. I am not seeing any other way of accumulating elite players other than through having some attempts at very high draft picks. High draft picks yielded results for the Flames in the last build. Seems reasonable to think it could happen again.
I am open to a better solution than rebuilding, if its out there. Haven't heard anyone mention one yet. Not the Flames, nor anyone on this board.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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