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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Ok, so what's your suggestion? Keep doing what they're doing now? Working out great so far. Clearly there is zero appetite from ownership to initiate a proper rebuild and stick to it. They'll have to be dragged into it kicking and screaming, and then try to cut corners first chance they get.
News flash for anyone who's afraid of becoming Buffalo/Edmonton/Arizona wandering the desert for 10+ years: we're already there. It's happening right now.
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He says he’s pro-rebuild. Did you miss that?
Rebuilding isn’t the problem but I think the point is the organization and the fans should be prepared for 6-9 years of no playoffs. If we get lucky, maybe it 4 or 5 but that would be the best you could
hope for.
The other thing to add to this conversation is how fickle player development can be. You can simply miss on a draft pick, all teams deal with this. A young player could have their career derailed by personal issues (Emil Piorier and over Kylington) or injury/loss of confidence (Valimaki).
You need a lot to go right for a rebuild to be less than 6-7 years, I’d say.
You probably also need stability/confidence at the management level. If Conroy’s fired half way through that can derail things.