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Originally Posted by traptor
Yes alot of rebuilds take 10 years.
Most players don't start hitting their competitive prime until their mid 20s.
So you're looking to seriously compete about 5-8 years after you draft your core.
Unless you get a McDavid caliber player.
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Oh, come on. Hughes got 99 points last year (year 4). Hischier was good quiuckly as well. NJD should have been competitive this year except they had bad injuries to core players and lacked a goalie, which they failed to address. In fact many 1OAs compete right away.
And you have to keep those top picks if you think you are waiting 10 years. Calgary had a guy who would go 2nd in a 2016 redraft. He left town two seasons ago.
The difference between teams that make it is (a) they retain star players for more than a cycle and (b) they construct the rest of their team well through excellent drafting, trading and developing. Matthews was 40 goals in year 1.
PPG in year 2. Bedard is close to PPG.