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Originally Posted by tkflames
I don't think that's fair. You are never even during a rebuild going to get rid of your good young players, just for the point of change. Calgary got rid of their entire core Iginla, Bouwmeester, Kipper at the time. Backlund and Brodie were 23 and 22 respectively. The only older guy was Gio and he has won a Norris trophy since...
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There were other guys, like Wideman.
The more important part of a rebuild is that you collect assets for several years and trade everything of value that you don't think you need after the rebuild.
You don't trade away draft picks every season after the first and keep guys like Dennis Wideman around for four seasons until they retire.
What we did was still a quick retool and not a rebuild.