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Originally Posted by Vinny01
We can blame the several GM’s but we can’t discount the cultures these teams embraced where they basically said we are going to lose now to win later. These teams have struggled to turn things around and these teams have a much similar market to Calgary than the examples people love to throw out like Chicago, New York or Florida
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I don’t think those teams embraced losing to get high picks. I think they got there through sheer incompetence and that is why they are continuing to struggle. Edmonton just screwed themselves this offseason with their UFA signings and RFAs. Buffalo traded away ROR, Eichel, and Reinhart. Ottawa blew their wad on players who didn’t want to be there. Florida used to struggle to get players when they sucked as well, Zito is a good GM that made savvy trades.