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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Chicago’s lack of success was based more on their core aging and decreasing their effectiveness.
If Calgary’s young players are instrumental in bringing us 3 Stanley Cups, we’ll end up with some bad contracts too.
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The thing is, Chicago did all their winning before they signed those contracts. Every year during their window, they stayed competitive by moving out expensive players and bringing in cost-controlled assets to stay under the cap. From the moment they signed Toews and Kane for $21 million a year, they were in permanent cap jail, and they have not won a playoff round since.
There is no point in moving the Flames straight from 2008-09 Hawks to 2015-16 Hawks and skipping over the winning years.