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Originally Posted by Hackey
Building an elite hockey team is a challenge. But the tanking/rebuilding part for Toronto provided them with their best players. So to point a finger at them and say look tanking/rebuilding doesn't work is false. The tanking/rebuilding part worked. Their failure was their inability to use other methods to build the team. In fact, you could argue that the only thing they did correctly was the tanking/rebuild part, which they actually hit out of the park.
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It also isn’t over yet. How long did Washington take to break through? The story isn’t written yet - their rebuild was pretty successful up until now. They are competitive year in and year out. They have the talent where the could conceivably be a contender.