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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Generally media and fans under-rate how hard rebuilds are and how often they fail.
I would also point to the Kings and suggest there are major questions about if their re-build will succeed. They have had a ton of high picks, but it's questionable if they've made the right choices with guys like Byfield, Clarke, and Turcotte.
And now they may be making the same mistake that so many teams do, trying to kick open their contention window.
Carolina are certainly the media darlings too right now.
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It's funny too as Carolina looked like they were spinning their tires and going nowhere (9 straight playoff misses), they make what was a questionable trade at the time moving two key pieces for Dougie Hamilton+ and then bring in an inexperienced head coach in Brind'Amour. But then they put it all together and became successful about halfway through Brind'Amour's first season and haven't looked back since.