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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
As for additions, yes they bring in Iginla's offense but they lose Statsny. I'm not really convinced they will actually be better this season, I still see Colorado as one of the teams in the challenge for a playoff spot. Sure anything can happen in the playoffs, but you how contenders like Colorado and Chicago and how solid they are in the playoffs, then you see pretender teams like St Louis and San Jose who are still trying to make it.... and well, I thought Colorado looked a step behind the rest of the West's contenders, and that was before they lose Statsny, and that was in Patrick Roy's Jack Adams season. Experience is just another thing missing in Colorado besides a weak blueline...
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You have still yet to state what point you're trying to make.
If it's that Colorado isn't a lock for the finals, I don't think anyone would disagree. To me, it sounds like you're trying to insinuate Colorado has no hope of winning the cup so you can underline your contention Iginla chose money over a chance at winning. If that's the case, why don't you just say that out-right?
Because the last two seasons Iginla went to an odds on cup favourite, and we saw how that worked out. There is nothing automatic about the process of trying to predict who's going to win the cup. If you took the top 3 or 4 odds on favourites (as he chose from the last two seasons) you have teams that have little to no to negative cap room at present anyway.
So why not chose a young team trending up? I think he took money and term - and - picked a good team that's getting better.