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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Tanking has paid off (among other management decisions) on occasion (who knows, likely statistically probable, if you identify and capture the other relevant factors), but let’s not act like there’s anything near a 1:1 ratio between top draft picks and championships
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In a 10 year span, only 6 or 7 of the 32 teams in the league win the Cup. So most efforts to build a winner fail.
Tanking is far from guaranteed to produce a winner. But if it gives you a 30 per cent chance, and not tanking gives you a 20 per cent chance, then tanking is the way to go.
We can chalk up the Flames’ dire, near worst-in-the-league playoff record over the last 20 years to bad luck. Or we can look for something systemic. There’s no right or wrong way to be a fan. But those pointing to something systemic aren’t being irrationally negative.