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Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon
Remember that the rebuild doesn't have to happen all at once. Whichever players the Flames pick this year are (probably? Hopefully?) going to be a big part of future success, but they don't have to check off every box they lack in this one draft. Nor are they going to.
A lot of us (including myself) should remember that it's a process. It takes time.
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True. Very unlikely to pick 2-3 times in the top 15 of a draft anyways. Would be fantastic if it did happen though. It sounds like the flames want to rebuild faster. Potentially getting multiple high picks in a single draft could be a way to make that happen. Averaging one impact player per draft through a single top ten pick each year leads to a rebuild that takes >5 years to collect and develop a core that is ready to compete. Getting 2-3 impact players from this draft and then another impact player from next year’s draft (with another likely high pick) would speed up the process. Dallas made their rebuild/retool fast by getting 3 impact players in a single draft. Their scouting department did well and were lucky by getting two of those players with picks outside the top 10 of the draft. Hard to plan for that in a rebuild… but finding a way to draft 3 times in the top 15 of a draft would be a great way to give your team a chance at a rebuild more similar to Dallas.
Much easier said than done of course… teams hate to trade first round picks at the draft and they almost never trade top ten picks.