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Originally Posted by Spurs
They replaced one player on a team that wasn't good enough, that doesn't make a team that is ready to compete. It was clear as day at the time and the proof is in the results after the fact.
The media being idiots and dead wrong doesn't change reality. These are the same guys that largely picked the Oilers to get to or even win the Cup this year.
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The team won the division the year before, finished 6th overall, won a playoff round, and all the underlying stats to suggest it wasn't a fluke at all.
They lost two key players, but added three back.
The assumption across the hockey world was they were different but even potentially better.
If someone (you or others) had the vision to know that Huberdeau and Kadri would come up hugely short in replacing Tkachuk and Gaudreau to the point that adding Weegar to the defense core had them net worse ... then good on you.
But there was nothing clear as day about a needed rebuild other than the other impending contracts two years out, and the worry for signing too many players into their mid 30s (or later)