[Sylvanfan]

Yesterday or this week was not the time to start making some of the massive changes that some were fantasizing about. Many of the pro rebuild types also believe other teams are willing to part with good young established players to get a slightly more proven veteran player. Which is not the case at all. Many of these good picks traded are for 2024 or 2025 with conditions to kick them down the road another year.

So if you committ to a full fledged rebuild it can be 8 to 10 years for a lot of teams to emerge from it, sometimes more. So if you are a season ticket holder and it's 3 straight years of nights out watching your team lose as you wait to finally get that 2026 first round pick it can be tough to keep spending on that.

To me this last week playing top teams showed that the players were trying. But Colorado and Toronto have top end talent that they can't match that made a difference. Boston and Vegas losses both due to Vladar giving up weak goals and him playing was partially due to Markstroms poor season long play.

I'm sure there will be a lot of evaluation thru the rest of this season and into the summer. There are quite a few older veterans who have a time frame of 2 to 3 years left and a couple of guys in that upper 20's spot who will want 7 or 8 year contracts. So it will be an important offseason.