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Originally Posted by Goodlad
This seems like an overly simplistic way to look at it. You can't treat building a winning hockey team like you're trouble-shooting your car. "Well I've replaced the spark plugs, the cables and the distributor, so it must be the starter." It's entirely possible that from year to year there are different reasons the team doesn't meet expectations as the make up of the team, coaching staff, and progression/regression of players all change to varying degrees from year to year.
This isn't to say that Iginla and Kiprusoff are immune to criticism either, as their slow starts season to season obviously impact the team as a whole, but if the success/failure of your team relies solely on the backs of two players then there are bigger issues in the make up of the team as a whole.
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Agreed.
Just because they are the only constants, it doesn't point to them being the issue. If we are focusing on constants, get rid of Harvey the Hound. He's been a part of this team for a dog's age.
Is a complete purge of the 2004 roster necessary to build a team? I find this argument very short-sighted.