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Originally Posted by jayswin
I understand what you're saying, but what you're describing - Re-sign Anderson to his 29-37 year old deal, let young players take all the spots and go to free agency to try to get the number one centre etc. Is going to leave us about 3 elite/star players short of being a contender, and then we'll just hang on as a middling/playoff bubble team until we need to tear down and rebuild again.
I just think you're underestimating what it takes to become a contender in this league. We're not a re-sign Andersson, fill out roster with young players and sign a centre in free agency away from being anything.
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I don’t think we’re as far off as you do. I think the organization has plenty of depth at goaltender and on defence. Almost too much on D. There will never be enough open spots for them. We have three good goalies.
They also have some good young forwards. What they don’t have is centers. The ones we have are aging out. You are not going to find 2 or 3 impact centers via the draft. It would more than likely take too long. The draft is such a crapshoot the odds are against you as it is.
You don’t have to build your whole team through the draft. I’m betting no team has done that. Even Conroy himself said they will use their cap room when the time is right. Which more than likely doesn’t mean on a 4th line RW. If you don’t get lucky in the draft It’s filling in final gaps when you think you have built enough of a foundation. My guess is that will be an established center in free agency.