IWantSakicAsMyGM
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If my team won the cup, I'm not messing with anything before that (butterfly effect).
Somebody mentioned not trading Thornton for literally nothing and all I thought was how the Bruins then used that money to sign Chara
My first post in this thread was essentially making the same point, in response to someone saying they should have drafted Pasta in 2014. And, in general I agree, there's too many chances for things to go awry and come out different.
But, that doesn't mean it isn't really tempting to imagine that they could draft McAvoy in 2016 instead of Jost, and the only obvious changes until they win the Cup would be that they don't trade for Nico Sturm or Josh Manson. Obviously, it would still come with risks, but as long as they still draft Makar, trade Duchene for the same return, draft Byram and trade for Lehk, I think they still win that Cup without too much trouble. Hard to think McAvoy would make the team worse.
But, I guess there is the risk that McAvoy might have said something to Duchene that would make him want to stick around. Or they wouldn't have drafted Barron to eventually trade for Lehk.