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Originally Posted by Jason14h
That’s not a model . Find an Aho in round 2 and a Slavin in round 4isnt a replicable model. It’s what you hope happens , but it can’t be the plan. Every team wants to do that
Again - there’s some misconception Carolina built a team without being bad for a long time
They didn’t
They finished in the bottom 13 seven times in 8 years starting in 2013.
They drafted a lot of top of the draft talent that contributed to their success (they ended up trading most - but their 2nd and 3rd playoff leading scorers were picked with those picks)
Even Aho was 35th overall because they had a bad record and one of the top picks in the 2nd round
They are well managed but they were bad for a long time and collected a lot of top assets with those picks
Flames have a 9th overall and a 13th overall as the only self drafted high picks in thier potential core . Wolf might be our Slavin / gem found late - but we are missing so much young talent and need years of properly rebuilding if you want to emulate the Carolina model
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So the key is be bad for a long time, have almost none of those picks contribute to your success but have an extended bad period as a pre requisite for success? Jarvis was not even their own pick, it was acquired in a trade (which is something Conroy has done 3 times now, acquired another first round pick).