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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Sometimes the rebuild starts before teams realize it and take action to do so. Vancouver's rebuild started in 2014, yet they likely won't officially kick it off for another couple years.
2011 was the first year where the Flames began focusing on skill rather than on grinders like they did in most of the prior drafts. They didn't commit all in until 2013 because there was no alternative to keep the veteran group together.
They just couldn't accept going all out into the rebuild until the same crap that happened in 2010, 2011, and 2012 was happening again in 2013. It was the same refusal to accept reality that probably lengthened the process, just like it did in Vancouver and Edmonton.
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Different GM had different draft philosophies but that doesn't mean rebuild. Feaster was quite adamant actually that he was going for the playoffs. The only
Thing he said he wouldn't do is trade first round picks but he almost traded the 2013 pick (and lost it for nothing)
When the team decided to trade Iginla and Bouwmeester the rebuild began.