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Originally Posted by transplant99
They most cetainly not great but they are miles ahead of a first year team after blowing it up.
Who? Ownership? Pretty obvious answer...no?
Who has that worked for recently?
Buffalo? Detroit? Other than the Rangers (who have advantages other teams do not) it takes time to rebuild teams...and even with them they are still a ways away.
Re-tool on the fly? Sure I agree. However in that case you need someone locked into what is going on in the league right now. Someone who has been in on discussions with other GM's and knows what the thinking on the other end is. Literally, some of the bigger deals take a year to get to fruition. Im assuming BT lets his assistants know what is going on, but I certainly do not want one of them over what sits in that chair now.
Top minute F, top line C and top minute D...and it wont crater the team if gone?
Come on.
That is the very definition of blowing this thing up unless you are bringing back existing NHL players in return. In which case you have to get equal production from the returnees. Unlikely to happen.
And then advocating using the cap space "properly"? Like how? UFA? Cause that is an even worse idea where you end up getting good players more often than not, but you always over pay them.
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Are they actually miles ahead of a team after they blew it up? The Flames are closer to Ottawa than they are to Montreal in points %.
What do you see as a re-tool on the fly? I see that as Monahan, Gaudreau, and Giordano being traded, and I don’t expect the returns to be earth shattering but I think they’ll help.
Toronto did a targeted rebuild pretty well. I also think LA and NYR have both been efficient (after they admitted it was time to rebuild). Once you actually decide to take a step back, I’d argue you could get back to where we are today without much pain, and have hope for the future. A key part is not spending like a drunken sailor in free agency.
Using cap-space properly in my eyes is retaining cap on Johnny and Gio and not blowing your wad in free agency. Don’t make the same mistakes as this most recent “era”.