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Originally Posted by dino7c
Teams like Arizona have been trying to lose for years in preparation for this...they are playing in a 5000 seat stadium next year for FFS. Its laughable to suggest they care about the product on the ice enough to risk their 2023 first.
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They were sold in 2019. They immediately went out and tried to win with Taylor Hall and trading a 1st for him.
With that experiment a failure and moving OEL it's not exactly clear the team's direction but signing a three year deal with the arena isn't really indicative of anything in my opinion. If the argument is that they aren't planning on winning for three years, why aren't they shopping Keller, Schmatlz and friends? Why purchase a team only to immediately guarantee to your fanbase that you have no plan on winning? That only works if you think they are looking at moving to Houston or something.
But then if they are looking to move to Houston (or wherever), coming with a competitive team instead of a young guns era team is probably more favourable.
I think they are fine with rebuilding but if the opportunity came around to make them a playoff team this coming season, they'd take it even at the expense of some future picks.