Well it was fun being a "once in awhile" playoff team for a few years there.
I get the feeling this team is on the cusp of another young guns era. Not good enough to make the playoffs, and managed by people who won't shut up about "never quit" and "workboots and lunchboxes." People who will absolutely refuse to draft anywhere higher than 16th, and draft nothing but hulking, untalented WHL defencemen and centers for the next decade. And of course the undersized guy we accidentally draft who just doesn't fit the culture of the organization, because he actually has talent, so we literally cut him from the team and then watch him go on to win a Hart, Pearson, Art Ross, Conn Smythe and Stanley Cup on his way to the HHoF.
I mean we already have the jerseys for it. Might as well just go full r****d and get it over with.
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