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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You spend 2-3 years tanking.
Year 1: The sell-off. You empty your roster of good players that will return value with the end game being you suck, but are loaded with futures.
Year 2: You suck.
Year 3: You suck again if you didn’t get the players in the draft you believe you needed.
You then start building things back up. You make some trades, target *elite* talent in free agency and you just try to be as good as you can every season knowing that you have those foundational picks from Years 1-3.
There’s no shortcut or quick “rebuild” but the actual tanking part should be limited to 2-3 years depending on draft position success.
It’s better than aimlessly wandering in mediocrity and screwing your future by loading up on UFA contracts
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So the Flames having high picks from 2013-2016 was an adequate rebuild?
2013- Flames sell off Iginla and Bouwmeester add picks and draft top 6
2014- team continues to suck but play a hard working entertaining style pick top 4
2015- surprising run to the second round. Still make rebuilding trades at the deadline consolidate picks to add a 22 year old former top 10 pick
2016- finish bottom 5 but get jumped in the lottery and still get the second best player from the draft.
Once you start paying these young guys is when a team should start pushing forward.