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Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
The error was not doing well in 2015. The run and playoffs were not an error. The error was considering the rebuild done after that season.
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Well they thought they'd drafted a 1C in Bennett (which he isn't even in Fla). So imagine Bennett scoring anywhere near a Draisaitl or even Reinhart.
So down the middle Bennett as an elite C, Monahan as a strong 2C and Backlund as a strong 3C looked pretty good. With Stajan as a darn good 4C.
They had a strong top 5 D - Gio/Brody/Hamilton/Wideman/Russell. A winger who looked elite in Gaudreau, plus Hudler, Frolik, Ferland and then they drafted Tkachuk, Dube and Fox.
Plus they were very hopeful that at least some of Mangiapane, Granlund, Kylington, Andersson, Wotherspoon, Poirier, Klimchuk, Jankowski, Shinkaruk, Kulak, Hathaway, would develop.