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Originally Posted by fotze
I really, really want to know where the belief that this team was 'close' came from, these past many years. As much as Tinordi thinks he was the only one, I think most people here saw it, most people I have talked to saw it, most fans of other teams saw it, and most hockey commentaters saw it.
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Probably continually finishing 9th. When you finish 9th you've got to feel like if your team showed up with a real effort for 1 or 2 more games per season you'd be playing in the post season. The reality was probably that Kiprusoff was lifting a poor team up to 9th place, but I'm glad that they are in rebuild mode finally.
I don't mind what Feaster has done so far, not a huge fan of his trades but it is hard to evaluate trades or drafts until a couple years after they happen.