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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Oh, come on. Hughes got 99 points last year (year 4). Hischier was good quiuckly as well. NJD should have been competitive this year except they had bad injuries to core players and lacked a goalie, which they failed to address. In fact many 1OAs compete right away.
And you have to keep those top picks if you think you are waiting 10 years. Calgary had a guy who would go 2nd in a 2016 redraft. He left town two seasons ago.
The difference between teams that make it is (a) they retain star players for more than a cycle and (b) they construct the rest of their team well through excellent drafting, trading and developing. Matthews was 40 goals in year 1.
PPG in year 2. Bedard is close to PPG.
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I didn't say anything about production. I said competitive prime and to seriously compete.
Sure some top drafted players can produce decently fairly quickly.
It takes time for a young core to learn how to be seriously competitive in playoffs.
Devils aren't there yet.
Toronto maybe starting to get there.