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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The 2 re-builds that I'm most impressed with right now are NJD and Anaheim. Those are two teams that I think are well positioned to be real contenders.
And I think you can add Chicago just because of Bedard.
Then your next tier, for me is Ottawa and Buffalo. I would put Buffalo ahead of Ottawa though as I think they have more higher end pieces.
Then you have the next tier, which I think are teams that have a lot of pieces but lack elite top of the line-up talent: Detroit, LA and Arizona.
Then you have too early to tell which includes SJ and Philly who are early in their re-build cycle.
And then you have teams that I'm just forgetting about altogether.
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I rate BUF ahead of ANA. The emergence of Thompson as an elite #1C is a game-changer. ANA will be lucky if any of their prospects ever become 98 point guys. And ANA don’t have any young guys on D who look to be as good as Dahlin or Powers.
BUF have been woeful for a long time, and are on their 2nd (or maybe 3rd) rebuild. But Anaheim are at 5 years out of the playoffs and counting and only really committed to a proper rebuild three seasons ago. They’re going to be bad for a long time yet.