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Thats not very true. The only team that has been able to put together high priced talent and be successful is Detroit. Dallas has problems, and New York is just as bad as they have been for the past 8 years. While Colorado did get some talent over the summer, they didn't pay much for it. Even Anaheim has tried to buy a team, and its not working for them either.
Then you've got the teams like New Jersey, Vancouver, Calgary, Atlanta, Nashville, and others with low budgets, but are having alot of success, at least recently. Even look at Anaheim and Minnesota last year, both low budget teams, both went very far into the playoffs.
And with Detroit, if they didnt have the low priced grind line, they wouldn't have won any of those cups. Detroit has just kinda accumulated the talent over time, rather than go out and get it all in one summer.
I do agree however that a lockout will end the NHL. Some other league may take over in its place at some point in time, but the current structure will be over.
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