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Originally Posted by Jay Random
On the contrary, it's the only viable strategy. The alternative is (at best) to be Edmonton, rely on your high draft picks exclusively, not develop properly, and win nothing.
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Why does a rebuild have to mean "relying on high draft picks exclusively" and "not developing properly"? That’s a false equivalency. Mismanagement and a rebuild are two entirely separate issues.
Conroy's strategy as deployed can work, it just needs a nucleus of prospects to build off of, which is where we seem to disagree. I don’t believe that consistently drafting in the late teens or twenties, hoping for the next Pastrnak or Wolf every year, is a sustainable strategy. It's a gamble, not a plan, to expect to out-draft teams and out-transaction them over the long run from that position.
Teams like Edmonton and Buffalo have been notorious for mismanaging their assets, but that doesn’t mean a rebuild is inherently flawed. Too many people write off rebuilds because of these tired examples.