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Originally Posted by Snotbubbles
You say that yet the Pens traded Michalek in a cap dump and they are probably going to trade Paul Martin in a cap dump if they land Suter and Parise.
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I think the point is more that they are able to retain their better players while still being able to get more assets and have a solid line up even without Crosby and Malkin (but they did also have Staal). They are able to make the deals they made and sign free agents because of better overall contract and asset management.
The Flyers, while always trying to put together the best team, manage contracts and assets (2nd round picks anyone?) poorly which leads to issues when there are injuries or the ability to make the team better is more difficult because you're locked into terrible contracts. Not all contracts are poorly made agreements and not all trades are dumps, but it always seems that we give more money and trade more assets out to get flexibility or fill holes when we might not need to or have to.