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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Sure but at some point don't we have to accept this team isn't going to do a full re-build and tank? It could happen by virtue of having a really bad single year, but otherwise I think we should think about what they could do realistically within the likely guard rails they have in place.
A related fun what-if is apparently the Panthers were going to take Jason Robertson, but the Stars snagged him one pick earlier. Florida picked Aleksi Heponiemi. Florida was also interested in Oettinger that year and were hoping he would fall to the 2nd.
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The thing is I don't even know if the win-now mandate saves the current situation? 7 pending UFAs, even if these guys want to stay, the cap doesn't work to keep the band together. It'd be cap suicide for Conroy.
It's almost inevitable some sort of significant roster transition is on the horizon, and if you can't sign these guys then you'll be hard-pressed to get win-now value for pending UFAs. So in that case, you'd better get some futures to give yourself some options moving forward.
I guess the point is, despite their best efforts and being philosophically opposed to it, a rebuild of some sort may be coming whether they like it or not.