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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
That's great and all but the real secret to their success is being bad enough in the early 2000's to draft Toews, Kane, Keith, Seabrook, Bolland, Byfuglien, etc. and those guys were all brought in by the previous regime.
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Toews and Kane sure, maybe Seabrook, but Byfuglien was pick 245, Keith 54, Bolland 32, Niemi undrafted, Crawford 52, and Hossa UFA signing. It wasn't just sucking at the right time or Edmonton would have at least 1 cup by now. I agree that Tallon deserves a tonne of credit, acquiring all those guys except Hossa, but Bowman has done a good job of keeping them elite despite some salary cap constraints.