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Originally Posted by ComixZone
"I am being told"
No, rebuilding isn't all the same. Draft years are not all the same, and more importantly management teams are not all the same.
Ottawa has horrible management and you can see it in how they draft, trade, and sign players. That Matt Murray contract was the dumbest contract given out in recent years and they paid a 2nd to acquire his rights on top of it!
Ottawa had the beginnings of a good rebuild, and no there's no "nullifying" of trading away Duchene. Fact is they didn't have a 1st round pick in 2019 because they pushed all-in, and lost their pick. So their rebuild effectively started in the 2019/2020 season. They kicked it off nicely by drafting Stutzle, Sanderson, and Greig in the 1st round that year - but then followed it up by trading a 2nd and signing a big ticket goalie. Their rebuild lasted 1 season and they immediately moved out of it and seem to be continuing to aggressively move beyond any idea of rebuilding.
They screwed this up just as quick as they bumbled their way into it. Ottawa is not an example of a good rebuild.
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They pushed all in because they were in game 7 OT in the ECF and lost the the team that won it all. They made the deal for Duchene and went into a free fall tank and were horrible that year which resulted in Tkachuk being drafted because they had the choice of the 18 or 19 1st to give up. They made the rebuilding trade with Karlsson that has netted them Stutzle and Norris.
I agree with you they have horrible management and their rebuild is failing. I agree Murray was a bad trade but he was a goalie with excellent pedigree in his 20’s I see the logic just bad pro scouting.
I have little doubt part of their sell to Tkachuk to extend was they were ready to compete. Ottawa will have a failed rebuild but I think the majority of rebuilds fail in one way or another but once you start paying your 21-24 year old players top player money the clock is on to win during those deals. The flames best chance to win likely was when Johnny was making 6.75 and not 10+