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Originally Posted by MacFlame
I'm concerned.
The Edmonton Oilers were forced into a rebuild. They tried to do this "re-tool" nonsense as well. They tried by trying to acquire Jagr. They tried with an offer sheet to Penner. They tried with the whole Heatley fiasco.
It failed. Miserably. Six (or seven?) years later, and they're still trying to make the playoffs.
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Hmm. Interesting, and very true. I had realized that the Oilers started a rebuild, and marketed it was such, because they were forced to, not because they decided to. However I really never looked at how they got there. Very true.