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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Trying to understand what the “target year” might be here for being a “contender” again. Doesn’t look to me like any time before the 28-29 season (ie 3 seasons of meh then maybe contention) IF all the weaponization of cap space discussed takes place.
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Historically, teams that draft top prospects win the Cup while those players are on their ELC, or the chances of them winning at all drops dramatically.
So, assuming Parekh hits and we draft top 5 next year, we should be contenders by 2026-27. If we aren’t… who knows, could take 10 years.