People also need to go look at fan attendance between the mid 90's to that 04 run when judging Sutter. That run doesn't happen without his moves that year, and it completely revitalized the fan base. Yes of course the CBA played a huge role saving this club financially, but so did the paying 19000+ fans that were now going through the turnstiles every night. We've been able to spend to the cap every year for a reason.
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