Unfortunately, the team has never stated they're rebuilding and they have no intentions of intentionally bottoming out.
The firesale last year wasn't brought on by choice. If many of those guys weren't in the final year of contracts or were willing to re-sign at reasonable cap hits, they would still be here.
Most of the trades they made brought in a ready now reclamation project. We moved out two top 4 D, they brought in two guys to play top 4 D. They moved two top 6 forwards, and brought in two top 6 forwards.
Rasmus will only get moved if he demands out or makes it clear he won't re-sign.
I wouldnt hold my breath for a top 3 picked generational center.
We're going to have to find some diamond in the rough allstars and win by committe/hard work like we've gotten used to.
This team doesn't believe in a conventional rebuild.
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