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Originally Posted by ComixZone
There’s no guarantees that things will work out, but you have to give yourself a real chance.
You have to draft foundational top tier players, and you have to be one of the absolute best managed teams in the entire league.
Simple, no?
If anything, the Leafs are a good example of what not to do with free agency. Signing high priced UFAs for a secondary role (2nd line centre) screwed up their cap structure significantly.
Leafs had Kadri + Matthews. Two homegrown top-six quality centres. Imagine if they had kept Kadri on that great deal they had him on, and then spent the $11M they gave to Tavares on solid UFA players that came up around that time that actually addressed their issues (like Tanev).
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Wait,
So, it’s the ONLY WAY, if you retool 10 years after but there aren’t any guarantees?
And
Just make sure to keep tanking and avoid trying to make a good trade for a decent young centre that fits your age group?
That’s gonna solidify a lot of confidence and sell lotsa tickets