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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
People have to remember....bottom out re-builds are never planned and teams generally either fall into it accidentally or are forced into it by just being bad.
Chicago didn't plan to bottom out and get Bedard...they had traded multiple first round picks for Seth Jones just 2 years prior to that.
Colorado didn't plan to bottom out to get MacKinnon or Makar.
Edmonton didn't plan to bottom out and get 4 1st overall picks, they were trying to compete for most of those seasons.
Tampa didn't plan to bottom out to get Hedman and Stamkos...they still had most of their cup winning core on those rosters.
Teams never plan to draft top 5, you generally always fall backwards into it.
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Sometimes teams want to though but are blocked until contracts come up.
SJ probably wanted to rebuild earlier but had to wait to get rid of Burns, Karlsson, Meier and Hertl.
Chicago probably did not want to run Toews and Kane out of town and let them leave on their terms.