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Originally Posted by Mathgod
It's easy for him to say. This entire time his team has featured a generational blueliner (Hedman) and a generational goalie (Vas). Teams that don't have those pieces don't have the luxury of spending futures lavishly to get playoff results.
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Yeah. It’s easier for teams like Tampa, Florida and Vegas. They are destinations that UFAs prefer, they have loads of good players that they can just keep adding to because they don’t need the draft as much. If every 2-3 years they have UFAs lining up to play there, they don’t need 1st round picks as much as other teams.
I think age will catch up with these teams eventually but they are firmly in their win now windows so trading 1sts for impact players is worth it.