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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
100% you do, just as the Penguins did (difference being, actual cups, but that's just details). It's a losing proposition as the years roll on, but it is the only path.
Both things can be true - right thing for the organization, and ####ty contract, over time.
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Here is the thing. I used the Blackhawks as an example as well. They all won cups.
Crosby and Malkin actually didn't have terrible deals. Kane/Toews counted 22M against the cap and the Hawks never won a round again.
Pittsburgh also had some players in the pipeline. Chicaho was mismanaged and the guy who did that is the guy running the Oilers now.
It's going to be hard to fill the roster around those guys.