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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
There’s no short-term fix for this team. Unless the goal is just to get into the playoffs and hope for a cinderella run, the job of rebuilding the asset-base and talent will take 3+ years.
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I'm not a fan of sinking the team for lottery picks because of the large possibility that it could be an underwhelming player like a Yakupov as much as it could be a matthews. And you could easily not get that top player after a #### year because a team down the list wins the lottery and bumps you. Then you have a putrid year and you don't get rewarded for it.
However I believe they can retool effectively with the assets they have and continue to build the prospect base on the fly, but Brad appears to be reluctant to even do that.
It's letting your biggest assets expire and walk that leads to the eventual NEED to tear down completely.
We could avoid bottoming out with wise asset management in the next calendar year or so. If any core guys aren't rejuvenated under Sutter it is time to part ways and get the needed pieces in return to help the team.