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Originally Posted by traptor
Just looking at the makeup of the projected roster:
Vets (Age 28+):
Backlund
Kadri
Huberdeau
Coleman
Weegar
Andersson
Hanley
Lomberg
Journeymen (Age 25–28):
Frost
Farabee
Sharangovich
Bahl
Kirkland
Pachal
Young Players (Under 25, full-time NHLers):
Zary
Wolf
Coronato
Pospisil
Klapka
Prospects:
Parekh
Backup goalie
The makeup doesn’t scream “rebuild” to me. Definitely a retool has occured. I get why some fans are frustrated. It feels like we didn’t fully commit to a rebuild agaim and our trajectory hasn't really changed.
We have some really good young pieces. it feels like we have all the pieces to be a consistent 10th-15th place team in the future.
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I still think this team swings back to a top ten pick next year. I still don’t really think they are in a retool. They have barely utilized any cap space and Andersson is gone at some point this season. The other vets are harder to trade and I think people are just being impatient and it’s being amplified by the better than expected finish last season. This isn’t as much of a conversation if the team finished where they were projected to going into the season