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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Umm. Now which ones of those players were on the team before Crosby? Which ones did they keep to play with Crosby...not acquire to play with Crosby.
Malone.
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The point is they had veteran guys to play with him. If you already have said vets, why trade them?
They weren’t accumulating picks - they traded for more players. Not one decent pick acquired when any of the guys you mentioned left. But they did get Rico Fata. They just didn’t want to pay some of those guys. Their picks were because they were naturally horrible, not by design.
I mean if you are saying going bankrupt is a strategy for team rebuilding, I think the salary floor now gets in the way.