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Originally Posted by strombad
Heard an interesting take on Hockey Central yesterday.
What one of the guys was saying the problem with St.Louis is, is that it's always a mistake to go after players that know how to lose.
Getting good players that know how to win is much better than getting great players that know how to lose, and it kind of makes sense. You look at the players they acquired for the "run" the past couple seasons, and you've got Bouwmeester, Miller, Paajarvi, Ott, Redden, Roy, Leopold, all guys that have been on some pretty miserable teams lately. Instead of acquiring bit pieces to fill out your roster that come from playoff teams, they source players from the depths of the league.
Who knows, maybe there is nothing to that theory at all, but it seems like an easy point to make to me.
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Roy 4M 2 assists in his last 7 playoff games. Jay Bouwmeester 27M for the next 5 years.... 1 assist in his 11 playoff games.
Those are the big ticket guys, along with Miller they added to get over the hump.