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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I blame horrible management for failing to provide adequate support for those players. Those three were the reason we even made the playoffs in the first place.
Saying that without '04 they did nothing is like saying without McDavid the Oilers are trash. Both are probably true but the reality is that 04 happened and McDavid is part of the Oilers team which makes the comment unfair.
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People like to remember what they want but the fact is that group collectively could never get their act together. Whether it was Iginla going ice cold against the Ducks in 06, the entire team hanging Kipper out to dry in 07, or Kipper playing poorly in 08 and 09 it was always something and those teams always had more talent on paper than they showed on the ice as Sutter tried hard bringing in guys like Langkow, Huselius, Tangs, Aucoin, Hamrlik, Nolan, Conroy, Stuart, Cammalleri, Jokinen, almost every season and the end result was always the core of the team wilting when it counted.