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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
What really stings is that in an instant we went from a team with all the pieces to compete for a Cup over the next few years including a world class coach, to serious consideration of a full rebuild.
That does not seem to happen to other teams who lose major UFA's does it? Maybe a set-back resulting in a re-tool but not a total tear-down?
Yesterday has to be among the top 5 worst days in the history of the franchise.
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But did we really have all the pieces? We had a goalie that has an allergy to the Oilers, our biggest stars were good but nowhere near great. We had very little secondary scoring. We had a good regular season run but the playoffs showed, again, that we are far from a contender even with Johnny.
Don't get me wrong, losing Gaudreau and likely Tkachuk is a huge step backwards but I don't think we were cup bound even with them.