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Originally Posted by Caged Great
However, next year, we absolutely must finish in the top 4. Each of them would be the #1 pick this year by a fair margin. If we miss out on getting one of those guys, we will be hampered quite a bit in our rebuilding efforts (need that high end skill)
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Hampered quite a bit? That's nonsense.
There are more examples of thrasher, jackets, oilers, panthers rebuilds than there are penguins and Blackhawks.
Burke's job is to build a winner starting a month ago. High picks are not a free pass anyway, he gets paid the big bucks to figure it out without having to tank.