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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Having a stacked team also helped - but you keep on telling yourself whatever you need to.
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All I’m saying is, a trade that saw Philly become a dominant team in the 90s that reached the 3rd round twice and the Finals once, if it can be deemed a loss, is a loss I can live with.
The Avs were stacked, yes. They weren’t winning anything with Jocelyn Thibault.
The Lindros trade is also the rare situation where the player you’re giving up as the centrepiece is just as good or better as Lindros anyway.
That’s what makes it so pointless. Give the Avs Lindros instead of Forsberg, they probably have just as much success, if not more. Same for the Flyers - I think a core lead by Forsberg, LecLair, Renberg, Desjardins and Hextall could’ve done about as much damage.
Arguably more, if they’d kept all the assets they spent for Lindros.
That’s not on the table here. It’s not like we’re sabotaging our own potential dynasty.
This is an attempt to make us relevant.