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Old 12-12-2017, 07:13 AM   #526
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss View Post
They also had the most favourable expansion draft situation in at least recent NHL history. Really didn't matter who was coaching the expansion teams of the 90s, they weren't landing guys like James Neal, Marchessault or Reilly Smith.
They were still a team assembled, in theory, from medium-value-at-best players, and thus have no business being as good as they are.
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