the senators made the playoffs in what was supposed to be "year 1 of the rebuild" (Murray's words if i recall).
having the individual talent is one thing, and yes picking high lottery allows you to solve this problem. however, creating the chemistry, the mix, the culture/environment is so much more than just having a top end center, and a big strong winger, etc.
A rebuild is not just sucking to get those top level individuals, it is about rebuilding a culture/environment of a team. The flames have done great in acquiring young assets and prospects in the past year or so. the sooner that the are able to rebuild the culture the better, even if that means they are a 9th place team in year 1 of their rebuild.
picking 3 years in the lottery is not the way to rebuild a team, it's a indicator that your management team frigin sucks and needs to be removed. Just look at the oilers as a case study in this.
there is NEVER anythign wrong with winning. the only argument i could agree to is once the team is eliminated, losing is just fine. that may contradict my argument but it's how i see it.
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