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Originally Posted by Yoho
It’s even funnier when people don’t read. Bedard was used as an example of the top end talent in the next two years. A ten year old knows only one team gets him.
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So when the flames blow it up but don’t land Bedard whats the plan? Sure there’s some good talent other than Bedard/Wright but I don’t think a massive rebuild is an easy task with how our current team is set up. A lot of our higher end players are now in deals that are expiring and have clauses that make it harder to move them. If we do blow it up I think the returns on players like Monahan, Tkachuk, Johnny etc. Would be supremely underwhelming and wouldn’t necessarily position us any better to land a Bedard/Wright generational talent like your post suggests would be a target.
Is blowing it up for one of those lottery picks something to consider? Well I don’t think it’s something not to consider but it’s a mega gamble either way and it’s maddening that we are even considering it if we are because the team seemingly went out and finally got a proper head coach and goalie just as their D regressed and their top forwards are on expiring contracts.
Treliving is maddening more and more as I begin to look back at his track record and the timing of some of his moves/non-moves. Sutter should have stepped in when Peters did but alas we missed on that window and now we are in a position to either pry the window back open (Eichel) or commit to renovating again when we didn’t even get a chance to truly enjoy the roster from the previous rebuild.