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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Selling off everything to be crap is risky too. Chicago built a cup contender the first time around Kane and Toews but they look dire right now. Bedard is good but he's literally all they have, and he's a tier below generational (true generational like McDavid or Crosby/Ovechkin). They're gonna be in the dumpster for a while.
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They're only in year 3 of their rebuild though. They dealt Patrick Kane in February 2023.
Things look dire? They have insane amounts of salary cap, and just in the last 3 drafts:
7th Overall: Korchinski (D)
13th Overall: Nazar (C)
25th Overall: Rinzel (D)
39th Overall: Ludwinski (C)
57th Overall: Greene (C)
1st Overall: Bedard (C)
19th Overall: Moore (C)
35th Overall: Gajan (G)
44th Overall: Kantserov (W)
55th Overall: Misiak (C)
2nd Overall: Levshunov (D)
18th Overall: Boisvert (C)
27th Overall: Vanacker (W)
Things look dire? They friggin' should right now, but they won't for much longer. In a 3 year span, they've drafted what looks to be a #1 franchise centre, #1 defenceman, #2 defenceman + a bunch of other picks that likely result in top-6 forwards/top-4 defencemen.
If you think Chicago looks dire, or San Jose, then you are massively overestimating the improtance of being the 17th best team in the league.
I'd say after the 2025 draft, Chicago is going to get incredibly aggressive all over the place. Their asset base will be bursting, they've drafted the hardest to fill positions, and have enough salary cap space to do whatever they want.