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Originally Posted by RedHawk12
100% agree. That's why it's so hard to rebuild in a Canadian market. There's so much pressure from the fanbase to shortcut the process. Even when we draft one superstar, the pressure will be on to build around that one guy and get in the playoffs again.
You look at the teams that win cups - they all have MULTIPLE home-grown star players, typically drafted very high after many years of basement-dwelling. Otherwise, you're at most building a team that will be 1st round playoff fodder.
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You can see it right here on this board in terms of candian impatience. Your last paragraph is key to a rebuild and yet is constantly challenged here as a poor way to go. "Yeah but look at these teams where this didn't work, so it's bad!"
Okay, then let's just retool around no stars and aim to be a wildcard team, then?