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Originally Posted by bdubbs
Look at how their respective teams performed in the standings/playoffs year over year also. These players listed were all on perennial playoff teams and often fighting for division spots.
If drafting top 1/2 gives the Flames a shot at being a perennial playoff team with a few conference finals appearances / stanley cup finals appearances, why wouldn't we try that? Doing what the Flames have been doing has obviously not worked.
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I'm not arguing against a rebuild here. IMO it's the right course of action.
That said, it's far from a sure thing. There were a lot of 1st overall misses, and teams that sucked at rebuilding. The Islanders(Tavares) have mostly been a bubble team IMO. The Oilers traded Hall for nothing, sent Yak to the KHL, and have 2 years of McDavid left. Buffalo has been in a continuous rebuild, and traded Eichel. Ekblad is on LTIR, and Florida fans were saying he was a pylon last year. The rangers became a perennial playoff team despite Laff not because of him, though he looks much better this year.