Oilers went through a decade of fumbling in the dark and the only thing that brought them out of it was McDavid. Otherwise they'd be Buffalo west right now.
There are more examples of bottoming out going wrong than going right.
And one of the teams you're referring to broke the lottery system, and how they got their talent can't be replicated today under the current rules.
I like the winning culture + accruing futures approach we have going currently. We're 1.5 years into implementing this new philosophy. I think we need to give it and Conroy 5 years of runway to work with to try to attain some results.
What the Flames are doing now is NOT what they were doing for 20+ years prior to it. And it's silly that some regular posters can't seem to see that distinction.
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