Exactly. Pens & Caps aren’t good answers. They might be mediocre for 1 or 2 more seasons, but eventually they will be just bad. Especially the Pens
Which teams are bound for mediocrity over the next 5-6 years?
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Ianturnedbull
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I would argue that not making the playoffs is bad, and making the playoffs is good. You can't spin it into any other measure. So many teams would kill to have their team make the playoffs. It was awful when my team didn't make the playoffs.
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For years DET had one of the higher payrolls, had a team of hall of fame players, but lost in the 1st round. It must have sucked, but you would have that then never making the playoffs. OTT was the same. Eventually teams figure it out.
You still want to make the playoffs because you just never know how close you can get to success.
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FerrisRox
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You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but, as I said earlier, I would say calling a team that has one playoff win in 20+ seasons mediocre is actually being quite generous to that team.
Speaking of generous, calling a team that finishes 9th or 10th, mediocre is very kind. I would call that team bad, or sub-par at best.
Why are you so hung up semantics?
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Ya that’s where I think most would have mediocrity as well, in that range.
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Because Treliving improved the defense, they have one more year of JT/MM, and their so called stars are in their prime. I can't see how Toronto could be mediocre for the next 5 years.
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I can think of 10 contracts immediately that are far worse.
EP40 has one rough playoff (which is completely opposite his first playoff run where he had 18 points in 17 games) and suddenly he's the "worst contract in hockey".
Biased fandom makes people say dumb things.
FerrisRox
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Well they are mediocre right now and I don't see them suddenly improving because, once again, the same core that doesn't show up is what they are moving forward with.
Additionally, if you look at the good teams in the NHL, they don't have a tandem at the level of Joseph Woll and Anthony Stolarz. That is a decidedly mediocre goaltending pair playing behind and underwhelming and aging defense supported by high scoring forwards that go AWOL when it matters, and the team, in general, is soft and lacks killer instinct.
I think their best case scenario is they continue to tread water, which is to say, they remain pretenders, not contenders.
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oh Leafs are screwed, they will need alot to go right to win now. the window isnt closed but it might as well be
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San Jose got so depleted of talent that they are still going to be garbage in 5 years, even if they manage things well.
Pittsburgh has obviously been going all-in for so long that the next 5 are going to be downhill. Same with Washington.
I can see Vegas and Tampa being pretty awful in 5 years too.
The Islanders are a popular choice but honestly I more see them falling into that mushy middle like where teams like Calgary find themselves.
Anaheim doesn’t seem to be doing much with the draft assets they built up but sooner or later they have to improve a bit. Future mushy middle team, I’d say.
5 years is forever and things change must faster in the cap era so all the above might be completely wrong. We’ll see!
Pittsburgh has obviously been going all-in for so long that the next 5 are going to be downhill. Same with Washington.
I can see Vegas and Tampa being pretty awful in 5 years too.
The Islanders are a popular choice but honestly I more see them falling into that mushy middle like where teams like Calgary find themselves.
Anaheim doesn’t seem to be doing much with the draft assets they built up but sooner or later they have to improve a bit. Future mushy middle team, I’d say.
5 years is forever and things change must faster in the cap era so all the above might be completely wrong. We’ll see!
Rorschach
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LA for sure. Trying to barely “contend” with 0 core players will put your team down 2 to 5 years.
Laf is somehow a bust, but also simultaneously going to successfully demand $10M/year.
... Interesting.
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mm11
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First overall showing serious mettle in the playoffs scoring huge goals while other softies on his team melting then most likely going to flirt with a point a game playing with Breadman along with the cap Rising plus playing in the little old city of Manhattan is not going to be a reach to see his agent demanding 10 million soon enough
mm11
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Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of busted out.Yeah bro. $10M bust. Makes sense to me!
PlayMakers
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Perhaps you don't realize that "Busted out" sounds like you're calling somebody a bust, when what you actually meant to say was "Broke out".
