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Originally Posted by FakenHaken
I'm sorry you are right moon elite level talent does help with wins in the NHL, but the game has so many more intangibles such as hard work and winning culture attached to it.
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It's easier to change the culture and work ethic of a team than it is to wave a wand and turn a 2nd line player into a an elite scorer or stud defenceman. Teams often change their work ethic with a coaching change. Or they bring in some vets or ship out problem players. Heck, most teams see a change in 'intangibles' over the course of a single season.
If finishing last means you have a deeply ingrained terrible culture, how did the Avs turn theirs around so fast?
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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I don't know about you, but I will always pick the properly managed and coached club as more likely to become a championship team that 'tankers'.
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Finishing bottom 3 =/= tanking. A team can finish bottom three simply because it doesn't have much talent. Finishing in the bottom of the league probably means you have poor management - at least over the long term. It can also mean you have management that has exchanged short-term assets for long-term assets as part of a long-term strategy. Finishing at bottom of the league is incidental to that sort of asset strategy.