winning cups taking patience, you cant just tank and expect a cup in one year, it's crazy. vegas won their cup without tanking and make the playoffs every year, what's wrong with that approach?
Every time you post it gets more and more outlandish, so I just have to take the bait this time. I'm not a very knowledgable person regarding hockey ops, but your disingenuous arguments are really aggravating and today I'm just not feeling it so I'm going to take the time to reply.
No one, and I repeat no one believes the best strategy is to "tank one year, win the draft, then win the cup". My guy, not a single person here believes that is even an OK strategy at best, when we all acknowledge the crapshoot that which is the draft lottery.
For the umpteenth time, it is about acquiring assets for a longer-term build. To increase the likelihood of building a contender. To build depth so when future star players come to Philly, like we had when Voracek and Giroux were here, we don't waste their entire primes without a supporting cast to get them over the hump. 1 line cannot win the cup, let alone a single playoff round. I speak for everyone when I say, we all would be ecstatic for a cup win, even if it was 1 and done. The chances of that though are slim-to-none. If you would truly consider the way the front office operates with objectivity, then you would see we are literally in the Twilight Zone and it has to get worse before it can get better. The same old, same old DOES NOT work. I am not advocating for a complete tear-down, but there are particular players who should be moved to garner the assets to help torpedo the alleged "rebuild" (that isn't happening).
Using Vegas an example of how a team doesn't tank is quite a ridiculous and disingenuous argument. They're an expansion team from 2017; they have not been around for decades and they have not been drafting/developing players for decades like other franchises. They entered the league and went to the Stanley Cup. Why, you ask? Well, if you want to know the answer then you should look into all of the assets they acquired by leveraging GMs who were unsure how to negotiate during the building of Vegas as well as analyze the players they handpicked from each NHL team's roster. If you think it's normal for an expansion team to go 51-24-7 in their inaugural season, well, I've got 10 bridges to sell you.