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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
You aren't rebuilding if you're trading top 5 picks. No two ways about it.
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The Tampa Bay lightning were rebuilding in 1999. On draft day they held the first overall pick again, like they had in 1998. They ended up trading out of the first round all together.
Things aren't as cut and dry as you wish to make it. Unless you're suggesting the Lightning weren't a rebuilding team when they were about to draft first overall again in 1999, or if the Oilers traded away a top pick like was rumored last year?