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Originally Posted by Hackey
I've never seen anyone say it's impossible. Improbable yes because Flordia is an exception not the norm. Not to mention Barkov and Ekblad are 1OA and 2OA picks and massive parts of their team. So even if you're the very best in the league at finding players like Florida, you're likely not a contender without Barkov and Ekblad. So it basically proves my point. Not to mention, a 3rd OA allowed them to get Tkachuk. Seems like those top picks were pretty vital to building that team. A Florida with no Barkov, Ekblad, Tkachuk, are they even a playoff team? Maybe a bubble team. Sounds familiar.
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It proves nothing (other than the fact that there is no single blueprint), but is yet another example of molding the specific circumstances to fit whatever narrative is being pitched