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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well they also had Taylor Hall, Nick Foligno, Tyler Johnson, Connor Murphy, Pete Mrazek, Corey Perry, Andreas Athanasieu, Jason Dickinson and Ryan Donato.
But if you do not count those 9 veterans they tore it down to the studs. Part of the effort to tear it down to the studs was trading two younger players for Hall and Foligno that year. Trading a draft pick for Corey Perry.
They also did not let Toews walk, he got long COVID.
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None of those players were above average NHL players at the time. None would have brought much if anything in a trade. You still need to field a team, so having a bunch of older players most teams wouldn’t want isn’t indicative of much.