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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Anaheim: Full rebuild, 7 consecutive seasons out of playoffs and counting. One series win in 10 years.
Detroit: Full rebuild, 9 consecutive seasons out of playoffs and counting.
Buffalo: Full rebuild, 14 consecutive seasons out of playoffs and counting.
Arizona: Full rebuild. Only playoff appearance for 12 years was in the Covid year, when they won the qualifying round. Franchise suspended, all assets went to Utah.
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There's 32 NHL teams. 4 examples (2 of which have had major ownership issues with minimal salary spent for significant periods of time) of tear down rebuilds not leading to any level of success is actually pretty decent.