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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 20 2004, 06:39 PM
If everyone is competing with roughly the same payroll, long forgotten concepts like scouting and player development can create a dynasty. Moreau's beloved Oilers were what some might call a "decent" team for a long time in the 80's and into the 90's. I think their payroll was pretty much on par with everyone else, wasn't it? What about the Islanders or the Habs before them?
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I very sincerley doubt that EDM had anything but a top 5 payroll when they were a dynasy club. I've never seen anything written about that that I can source, but I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere once upon a time. And I'm also pretty sure PITT had the highest NHL payroll in their heyday.
Stealing this point/question from another board, but it's one that IMO is worth repeating:
If we didn't know the salaries today like we didn't in the 80's, would we even have this talk about big markets, small markets, etc?
The reason the Oilers haven't been a top club in this CBA is their horrendous, and I mean horrendous, drafting. That's it. You can complain about money all you want, it's very likely that if they drafted worth a damn they'd have a better team, able to charge more for a ticket, have earned more home playoff gates, etc.