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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Other teams had GMs making moves too. Some of them made the playoffs. One even won the Cup!
Lots of excuses for the grinder GM accomplishing nothing here
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Excuses are either made up and used to protect, or actual limitations.
A cap world hurts every team.
Monahan's injury hurts Calgary.
Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk's production slide hurts Calgary.
Lots of deals out there for sure, and some at prices that seemed silly. Calgary didn't go that far, and you can certainly disagree with that, but it doesn't make easily quantifiable reasons for why moving core pieces were difficult any less obvious.