Lafleurs Guy
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- Jul 20, 2007
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It’s a process that has worked repeatedly. Talent wins cups. The more you accumulate the better your odds. You can always get cheap vets to help.The blueprint has pretty much been we hope guys who have never won in the NHL will figure out how to win. After awhile it doesn't work so they reset it again. Because value draft picks sooo much they don't bring in high quality veterans to help those guys they drafted before. You are promoting the same process
But you don’t trade away key young pieces and picks for quick fixes. That is a disastrous way of building and has been shown not to work.
Great. They made quick fixes and are now fighting for a playoff spot. Good for them.So I have a good friend who is a coach on a staff of professional sports team. This team was bad for many years. One of the first thing they talked about as a staff is they needed to change culture.
They dumped/traded some "hot" prospects and kept others. They then blended it with some culture building free agents. And traded some picks for other. Team is now a regular playoff contender
If you just want to make the playoffs - then sure, go that route. But you’re not going to build a cup winner that way.
Good GMs recognize that the best talent is found at the top of the draft. They understand that a planned rebuild yields the greatest chance at winning cups. This has been proven over and over.Good GM's and coaches understand high drafting alone will not equal wins. You draft high cuz of 1 of 2 things
The team is poor at identifying talent, or your team lacks those guys who know what it takes to win games. And perhaps it can be a bit of both.
There’s no point going for quick fixes to fight for eight place. Bite the bullet, rebuild, draft high. Then get cheap vets to help you develop.