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Originally Posted by littlereddevil
The difference between us and Edmonton is that they actually have ownership who will do whatever it takes to keep the team competitive (i.e. paying their stars and keeping them happy), and was willing to let the team suck for many years...
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Just to be clear, here, this was NOT by design in Edmonton. They were on the rebuild train from 2010–12, after which the team, management, players, pundits and fans were all prepared to declare them ready to compete for the playoffs and championships. The problem is, the team was so bad, and everything management tried to do was so hilariously incompetent that they were rendered even worse. Their two best players were acquired with high picks that they stumbled into by accident, in years in which they were expecting to push for playoff seeding.