I wrote a bit about the "Dallas model" over at FN yesterday (published today):
https://flamesnation.ca/news/the-cal...-requires-more
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Here’s the thing: Dallas had a great 2017 draft, as Conroy mentioned. That’s a once-in-a-generation draft haul. Every team enters the draft looking to pick three All-Stars in one fell swoop. Almost none of them succeed. That’s not the type of thing anybody can bank on.
Dallas also enjoyed a bit of luck in 2017 that the Flames have never once had. The Stars were originally slated to pick eighth overall that year before winning the lottery and moving up five spots. They ended up getting Heiskanen at No. 3; had they remained at No. 8, they would’ve had their pick of Casey Mittelstadt, Michael Rasmussen, and Owen Tippett. Good players, but not cornerstones.
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