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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Is there anyone other than the Rangers who have done a quick rebuild? Dallas missed the playoffs for 7 out of 9 years before they hit on Heiskanen, Robertson and Oettinger. They went through a lot of bad 1st round picks before that magical draft. Not sure anyone other than the Rangers has done it quickly but unfortunately I don’t know if a Panarin/Fox combo will knock on the Flames door to expedite the rebuild.
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The reason rebuilds take a long time is because teams wait until the very end to start them. If more teams were proactive about them rather than reactive I'm sure they would be much quicker. Even in a best case scenario I would expect one take at least 5 years.