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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Maloney said they are not rebuilding and playoffs are the goal. Same thing with Conroy.
Its hard to understand why people keep saying we are rebuilding or hoping for trades that is futures based only. You are just setting yourself for disappointment and unneeded anger that they didn't do what you wanted them to do.
I am ok with rebuilding, but I doubt a lot of people could stomach the pain and losses that come with it.
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Not to mention the patience that would be required for both management and the fanbase to accept mediocrity for a while. Would fans and management be willing to accept up to 10 years of losing to finally become competitive again?(especially with the new arena deal where the motive will be to sell lots of tickets to recoup its invested value)
Sure, it's possible that we could get as lucky as Chicago or Pittsburgh and draft generational talents very quickly after becoming a bad team, and be ready to contend within a few seasons, but it's just as likely that we could end up like:
-Buffalo
-Columbus
-Arizona
-Philadelphia
-etc.
Rebuilds aren't an exact science and for every Kane, McDavid or Bedard out there, there are a lot of teams that don't get lucky and end up drafting the likes of Lafreniere or Patrick to build their future team around.