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Originally Posted by traptor
I dont think this team will ever commit to a rebuild.
They will sell the UFAs and try to get younger. If they suck they suck but they're not going to commit to the rebuild.
For this reason I dont see them moving a guy like Rasmus unless the offer is so ridiculous you can't say no.
I could see islanders being interested in Hanifin. Flames want to get younger.
I could see a deal around wahlstrom+romanov for hanifin being something both sides would have interest in. Maybe throw in a 2nd.
Fully expect them to make these types of deals.
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I think that can still be a rebuild, just not to the narrow definition of selling all parts for picks.
Rebuilding the core is needed. That should mean no trading picks for the foreseeable future, creating cap space and weaponizing it to accumulate assets, and acquiring picks or prospects to plug into our system.
By doing that we should get the requisite draft capital, including improving our own draft pick value by falling back on the standings, that give us the best chance possible to do that.
While not a tear down, that’s probably as realistic a rebuild as we can expect.