BMOK33
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- Oct 5, 2005
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You could look at Pittsburgh when Crosby won his first cup. They had Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Letang and Fleury locked up to quite a bit of cap and they made it work.
It’s not like Toronto is in cap hell with older vets locked in for a few years. The whole team is young and in their prime. If they have to move guys out to make it work, they will.
As much as people don’t want to admit it, if they had to move Nylander, Kapanen or Johnsson they have value. It’s what Chicago has to do and they still won another cup.
The difference is the league was weaker overall then and you didn’t have two other juggernauts in the division with Pittsburgh. The fact Toronto has to go through Boston or Tampa or both is just brutal. IMO there are just too many teams who are that good in goal and defense right now that Toronto will need some help if they’re gonna go all the way. St. Louis obviously got it last year as did Boston with Tampa and some other higher seeds getting booted