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Originally Posted by dino7c
It does? seems like a lot of falling ass backwards into good players with a side of good geography
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The geography thing is overblown.
Pittsburgh isn't good geography but with Crosby / Malkin they had no issue attracting players.
Chicago was a laughing stock for most of the 90s and early 00s, nobody wanted to play for Wirtz. But Kane and Toews come along and that all changes.
Los Angeles wasn't really a top market in the 00s but they get Doughty and Kopitar and it became an attractive destination again.
The Panthers were another team that were the laughing stock of the league for years, but they drafted Huberdeau, Barkov and Ekblad, shrewdly made moves which included moving Huberdeau for Tkachuk and become the most attractive destination in the NHL after 30 years of being a laughing stock.
Good geography does help, but having elite star players that guys think they can win with are what keeps and attracts players to your organization.