Teams that rebuild the most quickly and effectively have the stones at the deadline to say theirs isn't a cup team rather than expect they'll be the miracle team that goes from 18th place to the cup. You have so much leverage there because there are so many idiots with fringe teams ready to double down on their 2-3% chances of winning the cup ready to reduce their odds for the next 7 or 8 years.
If you deal even a couple veteran assets at the deadline you could pick up 2 or 3 prospects without a scorched earth rebuild. (assuming the flames are even in that spot, which i'm not convinced of)
In any other business it would be firable to focus on one year with very poor odds of success to the detriment of the next 7 or 8 but not only do the flames do it, a good chunk of the fanbase supports it.
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