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Originally Posted by Kriss E
That's about as poor of an assessment as one can do.
How we got worse as opposed to the Leafs and even Devils is a complete mystery to me.
Buffalo and Rangers did get better, but I don't see how they're not ahead of us with such clarity.
But I'm not surprised by your stance, you've been crying over management since Wiz wasn't re-signed and failed to acknowledge the return of Markov/Gorges as improvements alone. Kind of unfair as I'm sure you'll be saying Pittsburgh will be just fine considering Crosby/Malkin will be back while only adding Sullivan.
And if you want to argue that we got worse, well, Philly lost Richards and Carter, Boston lost Recchi, Ryder and likely Kaberle, TB lost Gagné and Bergenheim. If we got worse, then so did a big number of teams.
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Philadelphia overall improved over last season, and gaining Markov and losing Wiz is only a marginal improvement. Losing Ryder and Recchi is not a big loss for Boston, and especially Kaberle. He was only on the team for the end of the season and struggled fitting into their system. You also forget to mention that all these teams were substantially better than us last season. We had an opportunity to get better and make a mark. Teams like Buffalo and New York saw this opportunity and ran with it, while we decided to cut salary.