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Originally Posted by shutout
Young Guns era was the thought that you might be able to "moneyball" your way to being competitive by finding potential gems, getting high draft picks, and building sneaky team depth because you were never going to be able to afford to keep or attract star talent that wasn't under control or signed long term. Even then with doubts as Nieuwendyk had a contract and then decided he was going to sit out.
All of the transitions were done because they reached the end of the line with that core of players and not because they were forward thinking or planning on what to do next.
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Sounds very similar to what's transpired recently.