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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
If we go by the Gaudreau/Monahan rebuild, Johnny was drafted in 2011. Tkachuk was drafted in 2016.
In between, they drafted Monahan, Bennett, Fox, Andersson, and Kylington.
They added Hamilton in 2015 and finally made their last major addition with the Lindholm/Hanifin trade in 2018.
That’s seven years right there.
Calgary’s “stockpiling of talent” should factor everyone from the Zary draft onward.
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Players are more ready early now. Like Tkachuk. Johnny took time to mature and get NHL ready.
Picking early the draft we should be getting NHL players right away. The clock starts ticking right away because that 2nd contract will make it hard to compete. We had that big 50 win season won the west on the last year of Tkachuk ELC. That was the time to strike for that group.