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Originally Posted by ComixZone
All that should tell you is that it's a poorly structured team. Also, St. Louis made HUGE additions to their rosters in the two summer preceding their Cup win - they added a #2 and #1 centre.
But let's look at their playoff successes before winning:
18/19: Stanley Cup
Summer of 18: Added a #1 centre
17/18: Missed playoffs
Summer of 17: Added a #2 centre
16/17: Won 6 playoff games
15/16: Won 10 playoff games
14/15: Won 2 playoff games
34 playoff wins in the last 5 seasons, and 18 playoff wins in the 4 season preceding their Stanley Cup season - and they STILL added two top six centres before getting over the hump.
This team has 3 playoff wins in 5 seasons and hasn't improved the roster in over two full seasons.
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First of all, it's not up to me.
But even if it is poorly structured, every organization with a core in their prime is going to try and fix that structure (find the missing pieces), not start another rebuild.