I love when people talk complete rebuilds as the only way to add elite talent and build cup contenders. They use Pittsburgh and Washington as the examples. I love how these 2 teams are the model when both those examples are now nearly 2 decades old. Things have changed. Rules have changed. No longer are the worst team in league automatic to get one of top 2 picks. Draft lottery has given good teams too 3 picks almost yearly of late. Gone are days of front loaded 12 year deals. Guys are getting paid earlier in the last 5 years too
Pittsburgh won 2 cups with Crosby on an illegal contract
Washington won 1 with AO and Backstrom on illegal contracts
Kings won 2 with Richards and carter on illegal contracts
La and Chicago were forced to rebuild when these rules changed due to their stars signing 10+ Mil contracts.
Are all elite players drafted top 3 and are all teams drafting top 3 in last place? Retool can be just as effective
Also how many players were deemed not championship quality players on bad teams then go to good teams and are deemed elite? Stone? Oreilly
How many elite players teams rebuild and those players stay during rebuild and are no longer elite? Toews? Doughty?
The flames look bad but to say this team has nothing that is worth anything is stupid IMO
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