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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
You see that a bit with the Flames.
I think reality is Tkachuk and Gaudreau were the only two Stars the Flames had. With them gone the Flames fell off.
Over the last three seasons they then moved around everyone else...but it really actually hasn't made a huge difference in their play.
The key is to not overpay the middle of your lineup, as it seems like those guys are replaceable.
You need depth still and don't want to be too top heavy, but the mistakes are generally overpaying the guys in the middle of the lineup that aren't true difference makers.
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And to avoid paying your middle and depth players, you need to have younger guys coming into your lineup. Which means not wasting draft picks trading for depth players. The Hamonic trade is a classic example of that mistake.
Trying to speed up the rebuild by trading draft picks may help for a short time only, but will ultimately shorten your contention window.