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Originally Posted by Rando
One wonder how those praising the Bruins now acted when they missed the playoffs two years, 2015 and 2016, cries of blow them up? Maybe there is a historian out there. I don't know. Good on them for keeping the core and re-tooling.
More bullets in the chamber sure but despite drafting 13th 14th and 15th in a row in 2015 they didn't draft the guys who went 16th 17th and 18th, Matt Barzel, Kyle Connor and Thomas Chabot, three emerging stars. Miss miss miss.
And for all the talk about how to build a team, all the derisive comments, the Blues didn't have much home grown talent on the roster. St. Louius spent major draft picks (Scheen, O'Reily) and older free agent dollars (Bozak) to do it.
Curious.
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It was like a lot of great teams - a real mix. Draft picks (Tarasenko/Petreangelo/Parayko), trades (ROR, Schenn, Jaybo), signings (Bozak, Perron, Maroon). And it took an "out of nowhere" emergence of a goalie who'd toiled for quite a while in the minors, with only 13 prior minutes in the NHL before this December.