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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
This is another reason why these arbitrary requirements rarely make any sense. They’re easier for fans to digest and simplify things down, “oh we just need to do this and we’ll be a contender but if we don’t we won’t!” but that’s not really how it works in practice.
“We need a top five pick!”
Basically everyone has a top five pick.
“We need an elite center!”
Yet teams win without them and teams with them don’t.
“We can’t have the goalie drafted before the center and defence!”
Yet two of the most successful franchises over the last 15 years did exactly that.
Best to just let things play out and wait until Calgary becomes the an example people use to justify the way things should be done to win a cup, or not! That’s the fun part.
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Who won cups without elite centers?
St. Louis maybe? That list is pretty darn short.