Soundwave
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- Mar 1, 2007
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Everyone knows what's wrong with those teams ... the Ference era Oilers had horrible rosters.
Pracitising harder was not going to make up for the fact that their D was a dumpster fire and their forward group was one line deep and their goaltending was crap.
Positive culture is a byproduct of years of a group being together and experiencing success together, which is impossible when you have a crap roster.
There is no team in the NHL that has been good year in, year out with a poor roster. It doesn't exist. You might have teams that get lucky for a year and then crash down back to earth, but that's about it.
Pracitising harder was not going to make up for the fact that their D was a dumpster fire and their forward group was one line deep and their goaltending was crap.
Positive culture is a byproduct of years of a group being together and experiencing success together, which is impossible when you have a crap roster.
There is no team in the NHL that has been good year in, year out with a poor roster. It doesn't exist. You might have teams that get lucky for a year and then crash down back to earth, but that's about it.