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You missed my point, clearly more then one person had a problem with Windsor not winning a round this past season when they said now it's 7 straight seasons without winning a playoff round,and I said if Windsor didn't sell off Dipietro not withstanding won a round or 2,they would have been castigated for not looking at the future,so there is no winning here, that is my point re negativity,they dumped off when they moved Ebert and Rychel and it payed off in 2017,heck they moved Neuvirth in 08,and wound up winning in 9 and 10,with the contributions of Shugg and Mitchell,et all,yet all that gets is yeah they won fine we won't give too much credit we will give more venomous towards the non successful seasons.
This is why I said no one at the rink this season mentioned the lack of playoff success, probably because they had just won a cup,and now were
starting the process of a rebuild.
Except on here, that's the negativity I rail against.
In my view regardless of playoff success the last rebuild was a success,they won a National Championship,and for me that's what I wanted.
I know you won't agree,u will think it's ok this past season to count as the 7th season in a row of no playoff success, knowing full well the reason it occurred,like I said no winning with the negative posters,my view can't have it both ways.
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People understood that this past season would be tough. Many probably expected Windsor would miss the playoffs if DiPietro had been traded pre deadline.
The point or emphasis of Windsor not winning a playoff round this year for the 7th time, the point is the entire 7 years of playoff futility.
They won a Memorial Cup in those 7 years, that was great. I was thrilled to see them do that.
They won 7(?) playoff games total outside of the tournament and that was over the last 3 seasons combined.
Outside of 2009/10/11/17 they have won 8(?) playoff games in the other 7 or 8 years since the organization changed hands.
Those are the points myself and others try to make, the championships are great but the big picture is less than impressive.
I too hope with this rebuild the team becomes more consistent and measured in their approach. Build a continually competitive franchise instead of following the boom/bust cycle approach. A consistently competitive franchise with a team focused on drafting and developing, selling a piece or two to improve every year you are clearly not in the conversation with the top contenders puts you in a better spot to contend more frequently without having to completely sell off to do so.
While Windsor had some solid young talent of their own to start 2016/17 they wouldn't have been considered a serious contender. At least half that core had to be acquired that season to have any shot at being a contender. Sure you can give Rychel credit for doing what he had to but he also set the precedent for having to move picks 9 or 10 years to be successful.
That's looks more desparate than wise.
Rychel has proven he can succeed, that's obvious but he has also proven he is not the shrewdest GM as well.
Any other franchise with 8 of 12 seasons with no post season success at all would be considered very poorly run. Rychel has 3 Memorial Cups and a conference final appearance to offset that but still he owns those 8 years as much as the other 4.
Again, losing in the 1st round this past season, when most expected them to capping of 7 years of playoff futility is not issue on its own, its the entire 7 years combined, consecutively that people have an issue with.
If Saginaw, Sudbury, London or whatever franchise you want to use as an example had the same lack of playoff success in the same time frame would you consider them a successful franchise, even if they had a Memorial Cup in there somewhere?
Probably not. I know I wouldn't.