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Ideally, if your GM is a good steward and can maintain steady and selective turnover, they may never have to rebuild, see the Wings or Devils who have been competetive past what many people consider the natural cycle of rebuilding. Then consider that many rebuilding teams have to do it more than once before they get it right.

Not that I am against rebuilding after this season (depending on the end results), but I don't believe that it is always an inescapable part of the cycle. It basically indicates failure in some measure (sometimes caused by chance, and sometimes by bad management).

edit: I'll also say this... just either do it or don't do it. I'm am just tired of half-measures and being inbetween places. I will vomit if I hear the term "re-tooling" one more time.