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Originally Posted by Bonded
Yeah, but they fell into it backwards and it wasn't planned lol. The Sharks haven't made the playoffs in five years and only really started selling off a couple years ago. It is kind of what I expect to happen to the Flames if they stick with the re-tool route.
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People have to remember....bottom out re-builds are never planned and teams generally either fall into it accidentally or are forced into it by just being bad.
Chicago didn't plan to bottom out and get Bedard...they had traded multiple first round picks for Seth Jones just 2 years prior to that.
Colorado didn't plan to bottom out to get MacKinnon or Makar.
Edmonton didn't plan to bottom out and get 4 1st overall picks, they were trying to compete for most of those seasons.
Tampa didn't plan to bottom out to get Hedman and Stamkos...they still had most of their cup winning core on those rosters.
Teams never plan to draft top 5, you generally always fall backwards into it.