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Originally posted by Seachd+Sep 22 2004, 05:27 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Seachd @ Sep 22 2004, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-leonk19@Sep 22 2004, 04:24 AM
There's no denying that the drafting was horrendous, and that it is only improving now. But saying that is the only reason, and money isn't that big of a deal is a pretty big stretch.
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I agree. Who exactly has Toronto drafted that makes them a competitive team (sickeningly enough)? There's got to be a bit of a balance between drafting, development, trading, signing, etc. I'm not prepared to say it was all about the drafting, because I have a hard time believing it's true. [/b][/quote]
I can see what you are saying, but TOR is IMO a bad example because they are a team that can make money no matter how awful their team is, so they can aford to buy players at their whim. DET doesn't have that advantage, COL doesn't, the only other team like that in the NHL might be NYR.
There was nothing stopping EDM from being OTT under this CBA besides putrid drafting and development of drafted players.