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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
bullcrap. talk about revisionist history.
while people thought they had an advantageous draft situation, they just did everything the right way.
they poached nobody. they did their homework and also took advantage of teams who did a crappy evaluation of their own players.
the owners were intelligent enough to pick a good GM, who in turn picked a great coach.
if it was obvious that they were given great players and a far too good of a situation, why did so many people think they put together a steaming turd of a team?
I'll agree with your statement that you and many others were wrong, but that's all. the rest is after the fact whinging and sour grapes.
wasn't a stacked deck. they just played their cards better than everyone else.
heck use Fleury as an example. go to the thread here where it was rumored the flames were in on him. look at the dislike for the player, especially at the rumored cost. I bet no more than 2 in 10 CP posters wanted him. he was an oft injured, inconsistent, playoff choker.
one thing to admit you were wrong, it's another to say you were only wrong because the system was designed to allow them to "cheat"
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What the #### are you on about?
Not once did I say they cheated. They used the lenient draft rules that the NHL gave them to full advantage. Plus as others have said they got lucky in a few instances.
And I've already admitted to sour grapes multiple times.