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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
When did this happen, the year they had to go through 7 goalies because of injury? Hardly tanking that year, that team could just do nothing right.
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It started in 06-07 when they signed Cloutier as their starting goaltender and made conscious efforts over the next few seasons to trade off aging stars and play young guys.
Lombardi's first move was to trade their top forward in Demitra who was better then a ppg in 05/06 for a 1st rounder and O'Sullivan.
Then he traded two NHLers for prospect Jack Johnson.
They tanked alright. They just did it pretty quickly as Lombardi is a sharp one.