thing is, I thought Poile set them up brilliantly for a rebuild at his last trade deadline. Traded Niederreiter, Jeannot, Ekholm and Granlund for two 1sts, three 2nds, a 3rd, two 4ths and a 5th. Then Trotz immediately goes and signs expensive "win now" guys in their 30s (O'Reilly, Nyquist, Schenn), gets fooled by a cinderella run, brings in more expensive "win now" guys in their 30s, only on bigger and longer contracts this time (Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei). Basically took him two summers to turn a rebuild-ready franchise with assets into an old-ass team that needs to win now, but can't. Giving away young guys with potential for meh returns just is the icing on the cake at this point.
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