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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Umm no?
Lemieux retired/injured but they traded Kovalev, Straka and Hrdina. Morozov left during the lockout. Even Dick was traded shortly after Crosby arrived.
Who were these best players they kept around to play with Crosby? Lemieux coming back as the owner surely can't count lol.
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Those departures were all by attrition and bankruptcy. The Pens were wandering in the wilderness. It wasn’t a design.