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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Either of these would be a bad decision.
There is middle ground which it neither and makes us a better team next year without blowing things up.
People keep using Washington as the example of sticking with it, but that ignores the fact that they added guys like Oshie, Wilson, Kusnetsov & Holtby before finally getting it done (by trade or draft).
It wasn't a case of staying the course.
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In the end the thing that pushed Washington over the top was developing 2 first round picks into top line players.
Hard to overstate how crucial developing a 2nd line point per game centre was to their cup win.
32 points in 24 playoff games goes a long way.