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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
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.
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Teams need to have contributing players on their ELCs, for the cap flexibility, but not their
first top prospect.
First, build a solid core. Then try to compete while you still have some guys on ELCs.
For comparison sake, this was Hughes D+6 season (2018). And that was after drafting Horvat in 13, Demko in 14, Boeser in 15 and Pettersson in 17.
I know, Vancouver is no good, but it does illustrate that it takes time, and lots of players.