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eams that win draft and develop their players.
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So the Flames are teady to take the next step and compete for a cup?
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You're moving the goal posts. You stated that teams that win draft and develop their players. Which is true. But I provided examples of teams that win that also acquire players via trade or free agency.
This is such a stupid argument. Every single team in the league has drafted players on their roster, free agents on their roster, and players acquired via trade on their roster. The winners and the losers. And in each case, if they were missing something they were not able to draft and/or develop...
they traded for them.
If you need a #1 center (like Calgary does), and one you think coudl become that center becomes available for trade, are you just going to say no because you didn't draft him? Crazy. Washington failed with their core over and over and over, and they added to the core with a guy like Oshie to help push them over the edge. Good thing no one told Vegas this before they traded for Eichel and he led the playoffs in scoring on his way to a cup. Good thing no one told St Louis when they traded for O'Reilly, who had failure tagged on in both Colorado and Buffalo.