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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
It should be a playoff team but on paper, two 50 point centers and a 70 point center is rarely enough to be a true Stanley Cup contender in this league.
On paper at the start of the season the Avs, Oilers, Lightning, Rangers, Hurricanes and probably Bruins and Leafs were better teams at the start of the season. This team was never a Stanley Cup contender on paper, hard to see this group of players having another gear in the playoffs.
Eventually they should get some young talent in the inevitable rebuild that is coming in 12 months.
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Everyone talks about young talent all the time.
The only young player in our system that has a chance of really moving the dial is Wolf. The rest look like supporting depth players to me. (Duehr, Ruzicka, Pelletier, Gilbert, coronato??).
I get that everyone wants a bunch of high end dominating young guys. Who wouldn’t. But I don’t see them.
I do see young players that can bump out players like Lucic, Lewis, Stone, Vladar or Markstrom (if you want to gamble) and maybe Mangiapane. To free up some cap space to go after a middle aged high skill free agent.
Who is going to give you young talent for our old guys in a trade?