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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Landeskog and Mackinnon’s Avs generally didn’t lose, even when they didn’t make the POs (and they were trying to make it every year after they got him, as well as two season before they did). They finished first in the division his rookie season. And were .549 his second and .500 his third. “Mushy middle”. This was a team with Mackinnon, Landeskog, Duchene, Rantanen, Iggy for a while.
TB didn’t tank after getting Stamkos. They were running with vets like MSL, Lecavalier, Tanguay, Ohlund. And they drafted their star player 58th overall in 2011 (right after Wotherspoon).
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Landeskog and MacKinnon were on the 22-56-0-4 Avalanche team. Landeskog was on the team that earned them MacKinnon.
Stamkos was on the roster that earned the Lightning Hedman.
I didn’t say “tanking”, I said “losing”.
Losing doesn’t beget more losing. Poor management without the capacity to build a team begets more losing.