[Five-hole]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Not sure I agree with LA and Chicago, you are underselling their cores.

Guys like Hossa, Sharp, Brown, Seabrook, Williams, Quick, Hjalmmarsson, Crawford, Voynov (pre-arrest) are all parts of those teams that have been there the whole time and have been a pick part of their success.

Also Brian Bickell was a core enough guy that they decided to lock him up for 4 years at over 4 million, same with Dwight King for L.A. who got a longer extension then you usually hand 4th liners. Both of those guys are similar to Bouma and are guys that are core to their teams success.

They may not be their all-stars but if you asked the coaches and GMs I am sure they would consider them all a core part of that team that they aren't looking at trading.

Teams that only have 3 core players end up being like the Oilers and sucking since they have no depth.

I think you might be confusing "core" with "good player".