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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| smyth260 wrote on Wed, 05 March 2025 12:38 |
That for sure.
I would say the next is what we haven’t done and very poor long term planning during Connor McDavid era.
McDavid is in his 10th year. Our biggest swing at a trade deadline has been Ekholm, a home run. After that the names are filled with small potatoes…Kulikov, D. Desharnais, Sam Carrick, Henrique, Brassard, Athanasiou…nobody too impactful. We should be taking massive swings almost every year in his prime. Not so. Vegas gets seemingly whoever they want no matter the situation. Hanafin, Hertl, Eichel, etc. They care about assembling the most talent every day and won’t hold onto players like Cody Ceci just because the room likes them. Top tier management.
After that, Chiarelli and Holland had terrible long term planning. Death by long lucrative deals for Kassian, Lucic, Koskinen, Campbell, 2 year contracts to every tweener under the sun (Gryba, Shore, Chiasson etc). We limited our own flexibility at every end.
All of that adds up to a team that has never won the division despite having the top 2 scorers year after year. The Art Ross basically lives in Edmonton. We might have won a cup if we had a team who could win their division and have home ice advantage past round 1.
If they don’t get a cup soon with 97, it will be the biggest organizational blunder.
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We would be the only team to not win a cup after being gifted a generational player, no? Even Quebec/Colorado still won after trading Lindros, who was a borderline generational guy between Gretzky/Lemiuex and Crosby. Excusing Philly a bit because Lindros' families empty space between his skull and brain was definitely not generational, in a good way at least.
We've enjoyed a decade of top in the world play from McDavid. We also got one of the best playoff performances by a forward since the age of Gretzky and the first Conn Smythe for a non-goalie on a losing team in almost half a century. Somehow, no cup.
[Updated on: Wed, 05 March 2025 13:10]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
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