[traptor]

The idea of rebuilding is to amass a grouping of picks (especially 1st and 2nds) over 3-4 years. You then need to wait 3-4 years for these players to develop and you start building around them through trades and UFA signings. To amass a slection of picks you need to sell valuable pieces. This selling process will porbably cause your team to second for a few seaaon giving you a better chance at a top pick and elite talent.

Some of these players might not pan out, so you need to move then out and re-coup assets as soon as you realize and keep adding through drafts and trades through that core you've developed.

People use the Blues as an example of a team that didn't and won but thats just not true. Alot of their cup winning core came from their rebuild in the 2007-2010 drafts. They had 7 firsts and 6 2nda over 4 years. They had pietrangelo, tarasenko, schwartz person and alan. They traded for O'Reilly and schenn who both came out of 2009 draft. Their core was 26-30 years old.

The flames ####ed their rebuild up. They started too late and left too early and the result is a half baked rebuild. Now most of that core is gone but they're stringing along the corpse of its old remains. Nothing is impossible and they could win with this team but I don't think we have the horses or the right mix. The sooner they restart this process the better imo..