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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
close to a cup no
but the Pacific is not a very good division, LA is the only elite team
Anaheim got a lot of puck luck last year, and all they added is Kesler (who everyone on this forum basically agreed is declining)
Calgary I think will be worse than last year, which is planned
Edmonton isn't a threat yet, I don't think Arizona is a great team, and SJ want to blow up their team and trade away their two best players after already losing their best PMD
it's going to be difficult not to make the playoffs in the pacific next year
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Thanks for the laugh. I love the conviction that SJ "want to blow up their team". Not what has been said at all by Doug Wilson. The guy is tight lipped with press....especially local yahoos. He says very little, and then guys like Kawakami make inferences that get distorted and amplified. Like below with "reportedly".
Wilson said he wants guys who aren't here for the lifestyle and gave his vets a heads up on a rebuild and an out if they want it. They could trade 19 or 12 still if they request it, but its not "blow it up" time.
This is probably the most accurate piece on SJ so far that i have seen:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724198
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When a team uses the term "rebuild," it generally means a long, arduous process of accumulating high draft picks and constructing a team with those young players. That is not exactly what Wilson is referring to with the Sharks.
He already has some of the young pieces in place and signed to long-term contracts: Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Brent Burns and Vlasic. But there are older veterans Wilson reportedly would like to move. Captain Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau are signed for three more years and each has a no-movement clause.
But Wilson is steadfast in his belief the culture in the Sharks dressing room needs to change, and he feels his version of rebuilding will not be a painful process for San Jose fans.
"We've got key young players in key positions. If we didn't have that, then you're talking about a much longer type of rebuild," Wilson said. "It's not that you're far off and it's not that it can't be fixed quickly."
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