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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Chicago and SJ will still be awful, and deliberately so. They’re still in full tank mode.
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I'm not so sure Chicago will be as bad. Do they want to waste Bedards entire ELC not even being close to the playoffs?
They'll get a high pick this year made moves to flush out the team before landing Bedard last year and should have 30 million plus in cap space. The Oilers and Penguins made the playoffs in McDavid and Crosby's sophomore years. Even with Patrick Kane the Hawks were a playoff team in his second season. So I would think they'll want to be aggressive and get something out of these last two cheap ELC years.