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Old 04-27-2024, 10:10 AM   #308
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Originally Posted by Bingo View Post
But are you honestly suggesting that Conroy and his management group have picked Dallas and either a) failed to understand that Dallas did it with a very fortunate draft (won a lottery and hit on all their picks b) or are planning on duplicating that luck themselves?

It's a chatty guy that is pointing out a team that drafted well and surrounded an older core with a younger one.

That's it.
The point is its a tough needle to thread, because of the luck involved. They didn't simply just surround an aging core with a younger one -- the younger one had to be of a high caliber. So, yes, it sounds like the Flames want to replicate that luck. Otherwise it won't work, will it?
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