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Originally Posted by nik-
The '04 run saved this team. Management clinging to a miracle was the detriment.
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As much as '04 was awesome... I hate to say this but...
In a twisted kind of way, acquiring Kipper might have been a terrible thing for this team in a long-run perspective. If you ask me, since '04 this has been a mediocre team being propped up by one of the top goalies in the league and one of the best the game has ever seen. The team rode Kipper's play into playoff spots year after year and it disguised that this team was significantly worse than their records indicated and in need of a rebuild all along.