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Originally Posted by Macho0978
But they also didn’t over pay to resign their guys too which is the argument I’m making. Resign Gaudreau and Tkachuk yes but not for $11 mil as that is a over pay but a lot compared to Tampa signing kucherov and point to $9.5.
Killorn stepped up with top guys injured and has more points than Tkachuk and Lindholm but he is just depth and Tkachuk is $11 mil good. He’s not and we can’t over pay him by $2 mil. Teams like Tampa don’t do that
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100% Fair.
But if you can get both for $9.0-$10M then I think that's fair.
Really nobody has been able to win with players making more than $10M, overpayment or not.
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Originally Posted by timbit
Very good to excellent Drafting, Development , Trading, UFA acquisitions , Cap management, Player Leadership and Coaching are the hallmarks of all legitimate SC contenders, past and present.
Flames aren’t there yet .
See Lightning, Hurricanes, and Panthers.
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It's more "See Lightning"
Hurricanes and Panthers haven't won anything yet.
Hurricanes have had a bit of success the last 3 seasons, but missed the playoffs for 9 years before that.
Panthers look great this year but haven't won a playoff round since 1996, and in the last 5 years have a worse playoff record than the Flames do.
Flames and Panthers actually have a lot of similarities in their teams and this core's journey over the last 7-8 years (Huberdeau+Barkov / Gaudreau+Monahan eras). Coming into this season the teams had 243 points vs 241 points in the three seasons prior, they are almost identical types of teams.