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Originally Posted by bax
I think I'll have to disagree with you there. What other teams had 5 prospects graduate to play meaningful roles in the NHL last season? Even if other teams did, I have a hard time believing they were more successful than Calgary. We had an all rookie pairing for most of the year and they payed great- that's not insignificant.
I'm not trying to argue that Calgary should have been ranked at the top last year or anything, but I think it's fair to say that third last in the league was a poor ranking on his part.
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I think Dube doesn't count but let's work off this standard, we'll call it 20 games as the cutoff
The Caps had 2
The Jets had 3
Vancouver had 2, one of them the rookie of the year
Toronto had 3 including a 40 point player
Tampa had 3 including a 19 goal player
St. Louis had 3, won the cup with 2 in their lineup
San Jose had 2
Pittsburgh had 3
Philly had 2
Ottawa had a million
The Rangers had 4
The Islanders had 2
The Devils had a million
Montreal had 2
Minnesota had 3
LA had 4
Florida had 5
The Oilers suck ####
Detroit had 4
Dallas had 3 includding a 33 point rookie defender
Colorado had 3 NOT including Makar
Chicago had 5
Calgary had 5
Carolina had 5
Buffalo had 3 including an elite player in Dahlin
Boston had 3
Arizona had 2
Anaheim had 8
If you go back to the last 2 seasons instead of just last season it looks like this:
Caps 5
Jets 6
Vegas 2
Canucks 3, 2 of them elite
Leafs 5
Bolts 5
Blues 5
Sharks 5
Pens 5
Flyers 6
Sens a million
Rangers 7
Isles 7
Preds 3
Devils a million
Habs 6
Wild 7
Kings 10
Panthers 9
Oilers suck ####
Wings 6
Stars 7
Avs 8
Hawks 8
Flames 6
Jackets 3
Canes 6
Sabres 5
Bruins 10
Yotes 5
Ducks 9
The Flames look very pedestrian in these comparisons.