[Badgers Nose]

Not going to quote that crazy post.

A collection of talented guys describes lots of Cup winners. St Louis, Kings, Canes.

Franchise players come once every few drafts on average.

Look at the last 2 years of the new batch of big contracts as the next rebuild window. It ain't happening soon, nor should it.

Scorched Earth rebuilds work sometimes; Hawks, Pens but mostly don’t.

Even in Canada fans get impatient with shotty rebuild teams. Look north for the next jersey burning ceremony. Flames will never intentionally ice such a bad product. We should be thankful of that.

Identity is set by coach and new ones can change it. Few GMs get enough time to fully put their stamp on a project. And those that do sometimes have to compromise to satisfy the person paying the bills (that point hits close to home). So you will get conflicting visions applied to the project within the rebuild, making the kind of success you envision less likely.

Biggest problem right now is GM and coach dont agree on identity. One has to go. Probably wont be the guy that signed the big extension.

Sutter was the right guy to squeeze the last bit of goodness from the last core. But i have no idea why he was extended.

Better to strive for a plateau of goodness and tweak as you go. Perennial contender. When you catch lighting in a bottle like last year, put all your chips in. Some years you’ll miss. So do half the other teams, most of which are not ARI style jokes (i.e they are trying too).

Experts have picked Flames as contenders many of the last few years. Even they can’t predict freak shows like this season. Id rather suffer the bi-annual good/bad cycle than a tank rebuild.