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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Yes Darryl Sutter did a lot of good here at the beginning, but that doesn't change the fact that he left this franchise in a complete and utter mess.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
An aging core of players nearing the end of their careers.
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While I did want to see a rebuild...
Iginla - 33
Tanguay - 30
Regehr - 30
Langkow - 33
Kiprusoff - 33
Giordano - 26
Bouw - 26
So while it was an obvious sign that was the time to start rebuilding, it wasn't crippling. What was crippling was waiting another 3 years to do it.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
No elite talent on the roster in the 20-27 year old range to replace them.
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Again, while I agree here, what you say here is no true. Both Gio and Bouw were 26. Glencross was 27.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Pretty much nothing in the prospect cupboard on it's way.
Right up against the cap, with no contract wiggle room.
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Backlund, Brodie, Erixon. What killed us were crappy draft picks from 2005-2007.... you see essentially a 2 year window missing.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Right up against the cap, with no contract wiggle room.
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Agreed here as well..... though I hardly think its genius to sacrifice a 2nd to move Kotalik, or putting Hagman on waivers. We can see what really killed us here, asset wise / payroll wise / cap wise, was the Phaneuf trade and the Olli trade. And the following 3 years after we were hard up to the cap with new contracts and NTC/NMC to Babchuk, Tanguay, Sarich, Wideman and almost got completely screwed with Richards/Smyth.