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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
People still frequently mention how mistiming the Kipper and Iggy trades plus not getting enough of a return crippled this franchise and set them back for a decade.
Now we have a chance to avoid history repeating itself and people want to mortgage our already not great looking future.
Doing nothing is ballsy but could payoff if we have a deep run and re-sign both guys. Trading away picks/prospects, losing in the first/second round and letting Johnny/Chucky walk is completely suicidal and will cripple this franchise for another decade.
Where did the burn it down and rebuild crowd disappear to? Surely they haven’t just abandoned CP. More likely all it shows is that most people have hilariously short memories. Team losing, tear it down and rebuild. Team winning, go all in trade the future for a shot.
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The chance to trade Gaudreau passed.
Not much benefit trying to trade Tkachuk now vs. off-season.
There aren't really any other assets to sell this TDL. If things fall of the rails there are tons of assets to sell in '23 an '24 to properly kickoff a rebuild.
The realistic hope is that a few guys like Zary/Pelletier/Coronato/etc. pan out like Backlund and Brodie did as the forerunners to our present core.
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Originally Posted by Mathgod
So you're fine with sucking for a decade (or perhaps longer) in exchange for one deep playoff run? I'm certainly not. What I'd rather see is this team become a perrenial contender, kind of like the run Detroit had from the mid 90s to the early 2010s. Or like the Bruins really since the late 60s. You don't become that by impulsively throwing away all your assets every time you think you have a shot at a Stanley Cup. You scout, draft, develop, and have patience. There are no shortcuts to success in this league.
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The path to sustainable success was already pissed away from 2017-19 drafts. There were opportunities to mitigate that and retool around a bunch of 22-25 year olds, but instead we've continued to double down on shortcuts and almost everyone is 25+ now.