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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
They never retooled. They built that team through their drafting. Their best players in Marchand, Pastrnak, Bergeron, McAvoy, Krejci all 100% drafted and developed Bruins. They haven't brought any of their core players from another team outside of Rask and they just keep adding good players from their pipeline of drafting and development. That is the right way to do it.
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I agree, but they were also unhesitating in moving on from their high valued but flawed players.
Thornton (hard to say he was particularly flawed, but they seem to have bet on the right guys in Bergeron/Krejci)
Kessel
Seguin
Lucic (got a 1st out of his last year)
Hamilton
Only the Kessel trade worked out well for them, but they bet on the right guys. Of course signing Savard and Chara didn't hurt...but contrary to popular belief the Flames are just as capable of signing those kinds of guys if/when they have a promising core.