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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Weird. It's almost as if there is no perfect way of doing something because of all the variables, and if there was a perfect way of doing it then every franchise would and there would be complete parity league wide.
Or the ones that did figure it out would win every year because they know the secret system for a perfect franchise.
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The tank crowd loves to talk about the high picks that were drafted by the team with only Vegas being the unrealistic outlier. With that said Florida in my opinion is built very similar to Vegas. Tkachuk, Reinhart, Bennett, Bobrovsky have been just as or more important to their runs as Barkov/Ekblad. Florida traded for former top 10 picks and it worked out. Flames did something similar with the Hurricanes trade in 2018 and it was the key move that helped them win the division twice in the 4 years after that deal.
Outside of the Hawks and Pens most teams win the cup a decade or so after their top players were picked. Last years Panthers had 3 of the top 4 picks from 2014 on their team and a top 2 pick from 2013. The Avs won 9 years after MacKinnon was picked. The Lightning won a decade or so after Kucherov and Vasilesky were picked. Blues were a decade or so after O’Rielly, and Pietrangelo were picked. The 2 Pens cups in 16-17 were 11-13 years after Crosby/Malkin. Kings cup in 2012 was 9 years after Carter/Brown/Richard and 2014 was 9 years after Kopitar.
Edmonton is making their push 9-10 years after McDavid was picked. Realistically for Calgary if they can get a couple of high picks in the next couple of years they can really look to be contending in 2035 and beyond