Quote:
Originally Posted by flambers
I guess the other question is does the full rebuild actually work?
Teams go this path, and some have very limited success.
|
The Hawks and Penguins a decade ago won multiple cups based on full rebuilds. The Avalanche drafted Duchesne 3rd overal, Landeskog 2nd overall, MacKinnon 1st overall, Makar 4th overall, Rantanen 9th overall. Lightning needed Stamkos 1st overall, Hedman 2nd overall, Druin 3rd overall (traded for Sergachev). As you can see there's a correlation between multiple cup winner and top 5 picks. Not all these teams rebuilt via the same manner but they all had enough terrible seasons to pick high enough to attain franchise players. The Leafs and Oilers probably won't win the cup but they are in the conversation and they bottomed out to get where they are today. Even the Canucks roster is build mostly of some quality top 10 picks due to them being bad for a long stretch. The Stars are the rare organization that's been able to build without top 10 picks and what they have done isn't likely sustainable or repeatable.