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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Yes, but how many teams that haven't sucked in the cap era have won the Cup? Boston? Detroit pre-Cup but they also willing to bottom out now.
If you want to put a team that likely makes or at least fights for the playoffs most years, but outside of some insane Cinderalla run or even better luck than winning the draft lottery, it's fine staying mediocre and hoping. The Minnesota/Calgary type strategy. But if you want to win the Cup, how haven't we learned from at least Crosby and the Penguins in 2009?
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St. Louis did suck enough to pick high in 2006 and 2008. But those picks weren’t really the keystone to their cup win. Pietrangelo was very good, but it was a team effort more and guys like ROR, Billington, Tarasenko all participating.