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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
I'd say ownserhip's willingness to spend to the cap every year for over a decade says more about their desire to win a cup for the city than your perceptions about who they choose to employ.
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Agreed. I don't know how anyone can look at the player salaries this team has had since the salary cap came in and come to the conclusion that the owners don't want to win.
Another, more reasonable argument is whether they have been the impetus behind the flawed way this team has tried to win (refusing to rebuild during the Iginla years, looking to have tried to take some short cuts in this current rebuild, etc). It looks like a lack of patience to build a winner - and when you've been very successful in a very short time in your primary business like Edwards has, I can see why they have tried to make it happen here, it just hasn't helped.
The only place where their expenditures on salary are questionable is how they tend to pay less than average on their coaching staff, and maybe their scouting staff (although who really knows on this last one).