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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The team that looks to be on the best track right now is actually San Jose.
They kept pieces like Hertl, Meier, Karlsson, Couture, Vlasic, etc out of the gate at the start of their rebuild, and then moved the pieces when their value was higher as opposed to just selling low, and it seems to have worked for them.
They actually even traded away two high picks one by accident (3rd overall that became Stuetzle for Karlsson), and one in a bit of a questionable trade (11th for 27, 34, 45.)
But other moves and being bad allowed them to get Celebrini, Dickinson, Smith, Musty, Askarov, and Eklund (plus others)
Flames were doing more this approach...but just happens to be that they somehow aren't a bottom 5 team like most people expected.
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I think the road to the bottom 5 for the Flames is still underway. What we aren't really talking about is Calgary is in it's very early days. Andersson should be Calgary's Hertl trade.
Calgary's 2023/2024 was San Jose's 2020/2021 and Chicago's 2021/2022.
This year is hopefully San Jose's 2022/2023, but may be San Jose's 2021/2022 (they should have picked 11th, but ended up picking 27th due to previous failings).
Calgary's 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 are likely (and hopefully) going to be San Jose's 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, and Chicago's 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.
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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Half those prospects will probably never even play a game, let alone be top half roster players.
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True, as that's a reality of team building - but some will hit - and in combination with free agency and trades, Chicago will be one of the best teams in the league because they're taking their time and building a team (and they've already done the heaviest lifting).