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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It takes time to build a quality team that can go deep in the playoffs consistently. The Avalanche started in 2009 with Duchene, the Panthers in 2011 with Huberdeau, the Lightning in 2008 with Stamkos, the Oilers in 2010 with Hall.
Flames ownership (and we as fans) ought to learn from what has happened, and do better. Throwing shade at/discrediting the “plan” of other teams that have been emphatically better than our team is a futile exercise. You may disagree with the Oilers/Avalanche/Panthers/Lightning approach, but those teams have better players and have found more success than our team. The NHL draft is a structural system that rewards teams for putting in the effort (sucking, which is a hard process for an organization and their fans to endure), and working within/making use of that system is how you build a winner.
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They walked around in the desert for 5 years and then lucked out and won the McLottery. They had no business winning that one either. Typical NHL changing the rules right at a key moment when a generational player is draft eligible.
Then it still took them 9 years to get to the finals. They only have 4 players left on the roster that were on the roster in McDavid's rookie year.
That is not a plan.