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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
Quebec tanked to build a amazing team that Colorado got to benefit from.
Pittsburg tanked so they could get Mario Lemieux.
This isn't a new idea. I am sure there are earlier examples.
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I remember very specific discussion on the message and bulletin boards talking about the Flames doing just that after the Fleury trade, saying that we should rebuild through the draft. I even recall one of my friends, who happened to be an Oilers fan, ask me if I thought the Flames were going to rebuild. It's definitely not a newer concept. I even recall on here, or FOI as it was at the time, some people getting frustrated when the Flames went after a rental (Krivokrasov) to try and maintain mediocrity rather than rebuild.