[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Yup and keep in mind I'm not just talking about line-up - but rather the overall asset base of the organization.
It is tremendously shallow and has been for decades by virtue of
- Poor drafting
- Regimes that swapped picks to go for it
- Unwilligness to trade aging players until their value was virtually nothing

So when the rebuild FINALLY started (2-3 years too late) there was no foundation to build from at all.

So should we wonder why we still have significant holes holding the team back? To try and fill those holes would gut the asset base further.

Just look at what they got for Iginla, Bouwmeester, Kipper and Regehr combined. Unless Poirier or Klimchuk turn out (probably 3rd liners at best) the return is sweet f all.

Fair enough