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Originally Posted by Biff
How many tanked seasons and top draft picks does it take for a "full rebuild"? The bar is already ridiculously high on both fronts. More is required?  |
This whole "rebuild" thing is just something that they sold to the fans. There is no actual "building" taking place. They just draft first overall and watch the ensuing results. Building requires using resources to put together a coherent team. If the Oilers were actually building something, they would have traded Hemsky at the trade deadline last year for defensive help instead of re-signing him to that awful contract. They would have traded down in the draft and taken a defensive prospect. They would have signed some players during the off-season to round out their bottom 6. Had they done those things, they would have most assuredly been better than they are now, but that requires having a plan and executing it. It seems like the only plan in place right now is draft the best player available in the draft and hope that everything magically comes together on the ice. How their management team has not been completely gutted is beyond me. That's the real blow-it-up that needs to occur.