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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If anything the salary cap places emphasis on drafting and player development and rewards the best managed and run teams. When you look at the management situations over the last decade+ from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal over the years is it really any surprise why Canadian teams haven't won Stanley Cups? Canadian team owners have simply done a terrible job hiring the right people to run their clubs.
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Well the Canucks and Oilers came damn close. The Canucks in particular were a powerhouse that probably should have won a cup.
The teams that have been the best managed are probably San Jose and Nashville and they don't have anything to show for it.
Getting lucky and landing franchise altering players near the top of the draft like Pittsburgh, Chicago, and LA might count as much or more than having stellar management.
I mean, Chicago had that brutal goof where they didn't send out qualifying offers in time and they still won cups after that.