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Originally Posted by MrMike
In that same time period we had Monahan, Bennett, Andersson and Tkachuk
Why are they where they are and we where we are?
Gaudreau in the 4th, Andersson in the 2nd and a first that would have been either Barzal Chabot or Connor.
I am not saying tank, which they did not, I am saying more on Carolina's back end of their players careers.
Continue to develope and pump in from the pipeline, have more draft picks than you started with, trade out high profile assets rather than use them for a run. AND be okay with losing one of those assets and not over paying the wrong ones because of how heavy your asset portfolio is already.
Great risk assesment, just look what they tried and did with Rantanen
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Team culture. They've been building a strong team culture over the last 10 years or so and found a coach that reinforces it and gets the most out of their players.
It's one of the things that Calgary has begun to do well and why they shouldn't just sell off all of their vets regardless of whether they bottom out next year.
And they haven't rushed out and overpayed anyone, including their RFAs. In hindsight, their only boneheaded free agency move that I can remember was the KK offer sheet, but it was a decent risk to take at the time.