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Originally Posted by Bonded
Sharks aside, I agree. It will be a pivotal summer where the can is kicked down the road another couple years or they actually embrace a rebuild. Trading Markstrom in the summer and the UFAs between by the deadline with no dumb UFAs signings or trades will be ideal.
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I agree and I've said before that you don't have to trade everyone to get that top pick. But they don't want to retool for a year, resign a bunch of guys to long term deals and never get that top 3 pick because they always have a good enough team to finish around 10th last every year.
I think this will be a rebuild but most the moves so far favour young roster players and NHL ready prospects over getting a bunch of draft picks. Players rumored to be traded either didn't want to sign or we have players ready to displace those players (Markstrom).
There is still no talks of moving on from Rasmus, Coleman, Weegar, Kadri, Huberdeau (good luck), Backlund and so on. Mangiapane might be the other guy we move but so far, the moves are guys who might want out over making tough calls on guys who want to stay.
This summer will be a big one, I'm ok to keep some guys but if we start signing everyone then this is a retool not a rebuild and I don't know if this team is anywhere near good enough to retool without getting a top draft pick at least once.