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Originally Posted by Chruceg
You're misstating the situation. The question is "Do you make a the big signing in the off-season, for one chance to win the Stanley Cup and the blow the team up because of cap problems. Or, do you shun the big off-season signing, keep building your team from within and and have more than one chance towin the Stanley Cup from there?"
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Are you implying Chicago isn't a Stanley Cup contender anymore?
Brouwer - Toews - Kane
Morin - Sharp - Hossa
Stalberg - Bolland - Makarov
Bickell - Kopecky - Pisani
Skille
Keith - Seabrook
Hjalmarsson - Campbell
Boynton - Scott
Hendry
Turco
Crawford
They lost depth, but their defense is still one of the best in the league, goaltending is about the same, forwards is where they took their biggest hit, yet they still boast a 1-2-3 of Toews/Sharp/Bolland which is up there with the best in the league, the wings seem a little thin, but they still have Kane, Hossa. And Brouwer is nothing to be ashamed of. If one or two of their kids develops and performs above expectations they're in a pretty sweet spot, and even if they don't they're still a Stanley Cup contender.