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Man I was trying to figure out why the flames were catching so many strays then I realized it was from the summer and honestly I get it
 
Top 5 ... hmmm... 5 years from now

Anaheim, San Jose, Detroit, Montreal and Minnesota

Bottom 5

My Oil, Jets, Nucks, Bruins and LV
 
conFABulator said:
It does have the real possibility of going this way. I tried to maintain objectivity.

It's a good question, and I like the way I framed it with roster + economics otherwise it is just a "which teams have the best young players/prospects" discussion which we have seen before.

I guess we could factor in quality of management, but I think that ultimately has a lot to do with economics too.

Bowman in Edmonton is a wild card. I don't like that hire, but Jackson is still there and seems to have done a good job.


Yeah, the only possible way to avoid this is to sell off Crosby, Malkin, Letang and Karlsson but that is not the direction. I understand this too. Take another shot while you have Crosby. At least the upcoming drought follows cup victories...a trade off most fanbases would happily make.
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This “take another shot while you have Crosby” mantra that still floats around these boards is so weird to me. People seem to think he’s still a superstar that’s being drug down by the team around him. Crosby leads the league (forwards) in ES goals against this season. He leads the league in ES goals against dating back to last season. He leads the league in ES goals back to 2022. He can still put up points but has been a sieve the other direction.

I fully understand not wanting to trade him - his value to the Pens org transcends W/L. But trying to build the team around him at this stage of his career is a big reason why they are where they are - likely out of the playoffs again and hemorrhaging goals against (2nd worst in the league).
 
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Golden_Jet said:
Leafs won’t be top 5 in 5 years, they’re starting to drop in the east.

lol, at the cap hurt the leafs the most. It hurt all cap teams the same.


Lmao
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The Leafs have been at the top of the league for injuries this year. I wouldn't assume they are declining.

It actually didn't hurt all teams the same because they literally just signed their big contracts on an assumption the cap would increase as it always had. Timing made a big difference..
 
Top 5

Leafs - on their way to winning their 4th cup in a row
Blackhawks - Bedard 93 goal season
New Jersey - 3 hughes bros combine for 500 points
Vegas - cheating and stealing to victory like always
Habs - rebuild is a smashing success

Bottom 5

Flames - coming in 9th place the last 4 years really hurt their drafting ability, captain huberdeau last seen at a strip club, abandons team
Mammoths - cool name couldn't save them, on the verge of moving back to Arizona
Nordiques - they're back, I'll let you speculate who they replaced
Capitals - forgot what hockey was about after Ovechkin got the goal record
Buffalo - haven't made the playoffs and never will again.
 
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