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Originally Posted by transplant99
Gotta remember though...one of the absolute musts to get to that level and stay there, you almost have to have a bonafide elite C to build around.
They had one fall in their lap with Joe Thornton and the really quite minimal cost to the Sharks to secure him.
If Calgary gets the same stroke of luck as the Sharks received, then yes i would agree and even expect a 12 year run of success similar....otherwise they have to find a different way and to this point, that hasnt been overly fruitful.
SJ was a pretty good club but when Wilson got JT and then surrounded him with good pieces acquired in various ways and bam! almost instant success.
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Sure, that would be nice. But I think Sutter the coach was on his way to building that - unfortunately, Sutter the manager couldn't draft to sustain his vision, and then wound up making bad trades to fritter it away.