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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I actually think most teams that translate a rebuild into Stanley Cup winners do it when their stars are on ELCs or within 1-2 years and still in cheap contracts. If they don’t do it then, it isn’t likely they ever will (since it only gets more difficult to manage the cap and there is less room to build a high-quality team around their top picks).
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Kind of like us when Tkachuk was on his ELC during our 2nd place finish in the league.
We also ran into a rebuilding Avalanche that had their star breakout under a cheap deal, and Makar on a ELC.