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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Some of us thought it would take longer. Sutter left this team with the worst collection of under-27 players and prospects in the NHL. It takes longer than 5 years to draft and develop a new core and supporting players.
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This.
Worst collection of young talent and worst asset base in the entire league.
The old "core" included Iginla, Kipper, Langkow, Regehr, Jokinen, and a few others. The net return of all those pieces is virtually nothing now.
So basically they were starting with something similar to an expansion team from an asset POV.