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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
You would have rebuilt two years ago? When they were in first place? They delayed by a year. Conroy has a plan and the owners are letting him implement the plan. He has loaded up on picks and likely will make a few more trades in the next 12 months and I expect those trades to also generate more picks and prospects.
Really like what he has done on the backend. If two of the 6 or 7 dmen he has picked up actually hit he has a quickly rebuilt backend.
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As soon as Gaudreau left and Tkachuk wanted out that was the time to start. Maximize Tkachuk for futures, maximize value with Hanifin and Lindholm having 2 years left, Lindholm coming off a career year. Mangipane career year. You would have set the team up to fall in the deep Bedard draft. You wouldn't be stuck with Huberdeau or Kadri. You'd have a clean slate cap wise. They would 100% be in a much better position today if they started 2 years ago. And the timeline would fit much better with the new arena.