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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Is this more a case of correlation not equalling causation? I will agree that the coaching change was smart, but in that situation you also trust that the two best centres on the planet will do a lot to make its work.
I still maintain that regardless of whatever the Penguins did after bringing in Rutherford the pattern of frequent administrative change undertaken by most NHL owners is not good. As a counter example, take the Washington Capitals: they just won their first Stanley Cup with a core that was assembled starting in 2004. In that time there have been two GMs in 15 years.
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So they have been at or near the top of the league since 07-08, after a franchise changing player in Ovechkin, the most prolific goal scorer of our era, had a couple of years to develop.
Easy to argue for stability in that case.
It took 2 years after drafting Ovechkin to become a top team perennially. Flames are in year 4 or so of the rebuild with no appreciable improvement at all.