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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I don’t think that was all part of some master plan. SJ brought in Karlsson for a last hurrah, and then they fell off a cliff (they finished 29th in the league in 2019-20). They didn’t move Meier until four years later, when he was still only 25. Couture and Vlasic were unmovable because of contracts, NMCs, and injuries.
The Sharks backed into a rebuild only once they were already terrible for a couple seasons, and then went full tank.
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Yeah, like all rebuilds in hockey. Fans have this weird idea that teams plan but it they're always forced into the situation, the only decision is to accept it. Even the fabled Oilers drafted 6th, 13th(traded) and 10th in the previous three drafts before being forced into a rebuild drafting Taylor Hall 1st overall. Even during that draft their owner and management we're claiming they won't be in that position again.
They then drafted 1st overall two more times in a row, then 7th, then 3rd, then 1st again, then 3rd. Teams never decide to rebuild, they're forced into it. Like the Flames are now, like every team before and after them