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Originally Posted by The Cobra
So, let's assume they trade for Pettersson and not give up any first round picks.
With 4 picks in the next two years, you expect them to draft some elite players, when we already now picks this year are quite high. No reason to expect the 2026 picks to be anything else.
Of course, I cannot imagine any trade of Pettersson to the Flames, much less one without a first round pick involved.
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This team will not be bad enough this year and probably not next year to get an elite center or even a top 5 pick. They could be bad enough in 26/27 and will almost certainly be bad enough in 27/28 and 28/29 to get those elite players, given the age of their current centers and the lack of any centers in the system. Assuming no trade for a top 6 center they could get those studs by the end of the decade and be competing again by 2032. That would be the timeline I see without a trade for a top line center, just based on how long it takes centers to develop, assuming they don’t draft a bust.