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Originally Posted by Muta
I just don't think the owners want to rebuild. Keep adding veterans, hoping to make the playoffs, and cross fingers once in. That's just how I see it though.
Not saying this is the right way at all, but we haven't had a full rebuild since the late 90s and I'm not sure ownership wants to go through a tumultuous era like that again. Nothing more than a 're-tool' it seems.
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You can have both in this scenario. Because contracts like Kadri, Huberdeau are largely immovable, you can re-tool while selling fairly high value assets and still have a potentially competitive roster out the other end depending on how those two players pick up after. Selling Toffoli + hanifin as a raw example, but cases could also be made for going and selling mango, tanev, and lindy as well. Those 5 guys would be a huge cut to the roster, but outside of Lindholm I wouldn't include any in a 5 person core of the current roster.