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Originally Posted by Whitesnake
Yet, they let it go in the same summer....how do you explain that this contending team, that was great the year before, and that year, was let go right after? Are you not supposed to be a contending team more than 2 years in a row? Or is contending that way a fluke?
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The 2007-08 team was a contender because:
1) There were no injuries, except to Streit in the postseason at which point the power play died. Injuries returned with a vengeance in 2008-09.
2) Kovalev had a career year. There's a huge difference between an 84 point player and a 65 point player. The former can win several additional games for the team himself as well as make the rest of the lineup live an easier life through easier matchups.