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Originally Posted by Bonded
Yeah, this season and next are the tail end of a failed core. Having 2-4 valuable UFAs to trade every deadline is a crazy expectation. I don’t really count Zadorov as a valuable UFA though.
The athletic ran an analysis. https://theathletic.com/5084336/2023...t-picks/?amp=1. Basically ranked teams by actual results vs expected results. |
I've been vocal on CP about how I think the Stars are the best scouting team in the league, so seeing them #1 in that analysis is a bit validating. But I won't lie, am surprised to see the Flames at #2, although as The Athletic explains, if you take Adam Fox out of the equation the Flames drop to12th.
That being said, The Athletic says this:
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It might be surprising to see Calgary this high but it makes sense once you consider context. The Flames only had 74 picks which is the second fewest of all teams from 2007-2018. We’re measuring teams’ success relative to their draft ammo and in the Flames’ case, they got a strong bang for their (limited) buck.
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Which begs the question: why the hell wouldn't we give Tod Button more ammo?
Maybe we go from the second worst team in terms of futures allocation to the second best and see where things land?