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Originally Posted by traptor
The idea of rebuilding is to amass a grouping if higher picks over 3-4 years. You then need to wait 3-4 years for these players to develop and then you start building around them. 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 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.
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You don't need to commit to only taking back draft picks and absolutely sucking for several years. There are always hockey trades to be made when you're talking about moving really good players that still have some term on their deals. We've seen it here with Treliving numerous times. I would simply argue that there's enough here to work with that you don't need to burn it to the ground and tank, but merely take a step backward before moving forward.