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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
Yeah I think the biggest flaw in the 'tank for lord stanley' strategy is that no one explains what happens after you get the #1 pick?
You've caught your tail, now what? Is the sole #1 pick you just got just going to make you win games? Or do you tank more for more good picks? Or do you then tell your scouts to find the pivotal 4th round gem now? Or does your coaching staff flip the 'win games' switch to 'on?'
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There's so much luck and variance involved that you'll always find examples and counter-examples to any strategy for building a cup contender, but the whole point is to stack the odds in your favor the best you can.
Sure a #1 pick doesn't guarantee a cup, but it's your best odds at getting that franchise Center that you can build around.
Right now the Flames draft well in later rounds, and seem to be good at evaluating players in trades like Bahl, etc. We're great at finding the secondary pieces, but without our franchise pieces we'll never compete for a cup. Parekh could hopefully be one of those, but we need this kind of talent at Center.