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Originally Posted by Jay Random
No, no. All you need is sufficient character and to do the obvious things. You need to be the only team with the brains to tank, then win the lottery (which the hockey gods will give you for being righteous and wanting it the most), and of course the player you draft at #1 will automatically be a generational talent.
Anybody who doesn't win the Stanley Cup is obviously a schlemiel who wants to lose. It is known.
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While that's obvious sarcasm pointed directly at people who are unhappy with constantly missing the playoffs while drafting outside the top 5... it at least sounds like a better plan than what Calgary's done post '89.
(drafting Monahan Bennet and Tkachuk at 6th, 4th and 6th but then throwing them all away does not invalidate the positives of actually drafting those guys. they are each very good players and at least two of them are huge pieces of a very good playoff team. you can't look at those high picks like their value means nothing just because we didn't use the players we got with them properly)
(suggesting that picking in the top five is not better than picking outside the top five, and therefore anyone who wants that is a clown is not an enviable stance to take)