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Tell us a team that loses it’s #1 Superstar and wins a Championship within a year or two anyway.

GoldenageGoldenage Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 18, 2022 10:22AM in Sports Talk

Example:

Wayne Gretzky leaves Edmonton 1988-89.

Edmonton wins the Cup in 1989-90.

Has to be within 1-2 years of them leaving.

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  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 18, 2022 11:59AM

    i was gonna say Jordan after he came back from being covertly suspended doing his best mario mendoza impersonation in the slums of the minors

    but that's just outside the 2-year window and probably not the type of answer you were looking for anyway

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The great Jean Beliveau retired from the Montreal Canadiens in 1971. The Canadiens won the cup in 1973.

  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bryce Harper leaves the Nats after the 2018 season. Nats win it all in 2019.

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