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Originally Posted by Jay Random
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.
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I don’t buy that. Nobody knew Karlsson would put up 78 points after a previous high of 25, Marchesssult with 75 after a previous high of 51. Expansions aren’t a new thing. Why didn’t Seattle do it? You can’t just throw together a team of misfits that have never played together and turn it into 51-24. The team was well coached.
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