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Originally Posted by MattyC
Not if they hadn't kept progressing and won championships.
If they had a year or two of playoff appearances and then fell right back down, there would have been plenty of talk about how their rebuild was wrong.
That and, they were not the historic level of bad we've seen from the Oilers.
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The Washington Capitals have never advanced past the 2nd round and yet....does *anyone* really talk about how awful they were between 2003-2007? Again, as Flames fans we won't forget (just like Flyers fans didn't even after Crosby's 2nd cup win last Spring)....but the rest of the hockey world and Canadian sports media, probably will.
Also, I would wager Pittsburgh was just as bad and lucky. Chicago and L.A. were actually hybrid rebuilds which took smarts + scouting + competent management to turn around.