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Originally Posted by Redrum
The actions point to a retool pretty obviously. They traded for 25ish yr old NHL players instead of picks and prospects, then signed UFAs.
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Instead of?
They traded 31-year-old Toffoli for a 3rd and 25-year-old Sharangovich.
They traded Zadorov for a 3rd and a 5th.
They traded Lindholm for a 1st, Brzustewicz, Jurmo, and a cap dump in Kuzmenko.
They traded Tanev for a 2nd, a conditional 3rd, and Grushnikov.
They traded Hanifin for a 1st, a 3rd, and Miromanov.
They traded 34-year-old Markstrom for a 1st and 24-year-old Kevin Bahl.
They traded Mangiapane for a 2nd.
All this within a 12-month span. Seven NHL regulars out, in exchange for three regulars coming back (one of whom has been traded away since), plus three prospects, a minor-leaguer, and
eight draft picks (not including the conditional pick from the Tanev deal).
Apparently this is some usage of the word ‘instead of’ that I am not familiar with.
Meanwhile, the Sharks, who by unanimous agreement are rebuilding, signed that same Tyler Toffoli (at age 32) to a long-term UFA deal at $6 million per year. At the same time they acquired 29-year-old Alexander Wennberg, 25-year-old Timothy Liljegren, 27-year-old Carl Grundstrom, and 32-year-old Barclay Goodrow, to list
only established NHLers that they added through trade or free agency in the 2024 off-season alone.
What makes one of these a rebuild and not the other? John Bean's PR spin doesn't count for anything. He isn't even in hockey operations.