Boston had all the horseshoes as previously mentioned. And those horseshoe stayed together for a long time. You had Bergeron, Marchand, chara and rask all playing there for 10-15 years.
It wasn't multiple iterations of cores while sustaining success. It was one core together for a long time.
And it seems like they're sliding into mushy middle status after getting hit with the bullet we dodged (lindholm).
Bergeron was a generational player. Hes one of the greatest two way centers and leaders to ever play.
Chara was a perinnial noris winner.
Marchand a superstar rat winger
Rask was a perinnial vezna winner.
Could you do this outside of early 1st round picks? Yeah it's possible.
Is it likely? Hell no.
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