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Originally Posted by blankall
Vancouver is in between a rock and a hard place. Pettersson is 24 and won't put up with a full on rebuild. So you either move him and go full scorched earth, or you build around him with a retool. The management group in Vancouver is probably even more opposed to full on rebuilds than the on in Calgary (if that's possible), so it doesn't take much to nudge them towards retool.
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It's on ownership more than management because it goes back a decade
Gillis said we need to rebuild after the 2012 playoffs, aquilini said no
Linden said so after 2016, aquilini said no, and Linden quit
It's a continuing pattern, the fans would have absolutely accepted a rebuild starting this year, especially considering the fact that not only a local generational talent is in this year's draft, but theres potentially 2 more local kids who could go to 10
Aquilini says no though, nothing will be fixed until his court case moves along and hes forced to sell