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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Yeah. Iginla was kind of special.
Face of the franchise, sure fire HOFer, still a top player in the league.
In 2010-11, he was still 6th in league scoring. He was traded 1.5 seasons later.
We are not anywhere near there with any asset on which the team is making a decision
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The consequences of tearing down the team are still the same: years of small crowds and financial losses. It happened in the mid-90s teardown, it happened on a smaller scale after the Iginla trade, and the owners would be silly to think it won't happen this time.
If you're a risk-taker, you may be willing to lean into a rebuild for the sake of having a more marketable product in the future. If you're a risk-avoider, you don't rebuild unless you're already losing money.