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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
I think the Oilers are getting too much credit from people on when they "needed" to start their rebuild.
People look at 2006/07 as the start of their problems but it was before then. In 2005/06 they may have reached the finals but they were barely an 8th place team in the west. In 2003/04 they missed the playoffs, In 2002/03 they got in as the 8th seed and in 2001/02 they missed the playoffs.
So really in the 4 years prior to when people say they should have been rebuilding they were no more than a borderline playoff team, just like he Flames were for the 3 years before this season. The 2012/13 Flames are more in line with the 2006/07 Oilers.
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It would be shockingly forward thinking for any team, one year removed from the Stanley Cup finals, to have people within the organization stand back and be able to say "You know what, that cup run was a fluke. This team is deeply flawed and needs to be sold off now while values are still high"
The Flyers did that to a certain degree with their 2010 team. I would certainly give them credit for not just assuming their team was going to stay great, instead moving high priced guys out for very good young players.