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Originally Posted by Royle9
Buffalo's is actually starting to look really good now.
Vancouver has never gone full scorched earth yet, not even this year.
Toronto has also never gone full scorched earth
Columbus just sucks, doesnt matter what they do.
Arizona is the epitome of how not to run a franchise, I wouldn't use them as a case point in anything NHL related. Not sure how Chayka is still employed.
The other MAJOR factor in scorched earth rebuilds is doing so in years where the draft stock is high. Couple that with almost certainly requiring you to get lucky and draft 1st if not top 2-3 during your worst years of said rebuild.
Edmonton got lucky (5 times over and still managed to F__k it up) - Still suck
Toronto got lucky with Matthews
Pittsburgh got lucky w/ Crosby and Malkin
Washington w/ Ovechkin etc etc
Buffalo on the other hand is the 'slow' rebuild model, where you inevitably get stuck rebuilding because your worst year you lose the draft lottery to the bloody oilers and McSaviour ends up out west.
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He's not...left in 2020 and was officially suspended by the league in 2021.
Again, I have no idea how some of you are all evaluating what the term "scorched earth" means, but if you pick around top 5 for several years in a row, that's as close as it gets with the draft lottery the way it is. There's no point in being the absolute worst because you end up like Buffalo getting screwed over by dropping a spot in McDavid's draft year.
You're right, it's a lot of luck, so if you happen to land enough players that accelerate a rebuild, don't wait around. ELCs only last so long, so if you wait 5-7 years to be good, all those original top picks could be gone.