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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
Could probably say the same about any award as most people don’t sustain the same levels of insane success over long periods, but he also took an expansion team to 51-24. Nothing to snuff at.
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That was all on the team George McPhee built, and the foolishness of NHL GMs who tripped over themselves giving him good players that they didn't have to.
No other expansion team in the history of the league has had that kind of opportunity. In previous expansions, the new teams weren't competitive and weren't intended to be. The Golden Knights' owners paid half a billion dollars with the full understanding that the league would give them the chance to ice a competitive roster from day 1.
Gallant was not Rumpelstiltskin on that team. He did not spin straw into gold; the gold was supplied for him.