thecupismine
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- Apr 1, 2007
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What happened in Buffalo will be a case study for centuries that no one will ever figure out. What's happening in Chicago is you are asking Bedard to do it by his self.
Toronto tear down rebuild. Matthews, Marner, Nylander all came into the league at the same time. Nylander 1/2 year SHL and AHL, half year AHL/ NHL. Marner back to junior for another year. They also had Kadri, JVR, Reilly on the team. That's 6 top 10 picks.
Bedard you could not have sent back to junior but they were still in the middle of a tear down. The help is probably 2 years away. Bedard needs a center to play with and they will get it in this draft.
Toronto also got Matthews 1st overall as a ~70 point team (which was lowest in the league that season), then added Nylander, Matthews, and Marner at the same time.
The gap between the good and bad teams in the league has significantly changed this decade compared to the last two.