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Originally Posted by Scoutski
I don't think any management group has come to the players and asked them to do anything other than play their best. However I think some teams, and specifically Buffalo have set their team up with a "long-term mentality" and have knowingly sacrificed an ability to compete this year.
I would say it's kind of good timing for them because I expect their strategy wouldn't be that different even if it was any other draft year.
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I agree....but that doesnt mean "tanking" IMO, its merely called rebuilding or resetting.
every team has had to do so at some point in their history, as its just part of a natural cycle.
"tanking" to me has a connotation of intentionally losing.....and i dont think a single guy in the NHL would willingly do that whether they be on the ice or in an office.
Some teams are going to be bad...every single year. Those teams arent wanting to be in that spot, they just simply arent good enough to compete over the course of a long season and because of that end up drafting higher than others.