no. you still don't get it and now you are putting words where they don't belong
the kind of talent that is missing from our lineup is not acquirable thru trades or UFA.
adding spare parts at the TDL helped our run but our run ended in the same way runs end for teams without the two or more HoF players. we didn't win.
You said we added talent at the deadline, did you not? What words did I put in your mouth? did we or did we not add talent in your mind? Who beyond Wingels, Burrows, and Stalberg did we add at the deadline? Are they not the talent you speak of?
There was certainly higher end talent available to fill wholes in our lineup. Vanek isn't perfect, but he provides more than Burrows on the PP. Boyle would have made a much better bottom six option than Burrows too, cost about the same to acquire, and was an effective PP player for Tbay before the trade. Eaves was another option, again, not much more expensive than Burrows. Jordie Benn was available for a song, and would have shored up the D as would Stone, Shattenkirk if you wanted a higher end dman.
Go back to the offseason, and Taylor Hall, a hart winner now btw, was available, and apparently the ask was Ceci, but the point is, that talent beond the drudges of Burrows, Wingels, and Stalberg is certainly available.
But the point was never that we need to add HOF talent, you keep saying you need that historically to win a cup (which is kind of funny juxtaposed beside you talking about us being one goal from the SCF with trash like Burrows and Wingels as our acquired talent, but frankly, that playoffs was a bit of lightning in a bottle imo), but people aren't demanding a cup, they just want a competitive team that doesn't have such obvious holes. pick up a 2nd pair or complementary 1st pair dman when they are available and we have such an obvious need. Grab a middle six scoring forward for cheap, there's almost always someone available. We don't even seen to snif at them though, which is why people complain about not surrounding Karlsson with talent. Talent doesn't mean HOF guys that you have to draft, it means getting some complimentary guys that aren't 13th forwards or 6/7th dmen on any other team. Instead of Oduya, maybe pay the 2nd round pick to get back Methot, instead of Kelly the year before, look at Grabner, or Stempniak. Nobody is asking them to go after Radulov or Kovalchuk out of the KHL, just aim higher than a guy that might fit in on the 4th line or the bottom pair.