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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Nothing is guaranteed, but I would be surprised if San Jose doesn't climb up the standings over the next several seasons. Buffalo openly tanked hard, and they went through terrible GMs and coaches, and made some terrible signings. Plus, Buffalo has always been one of the least attractive markets to play in.
San Jose bottomed-out, but they didn't outright tank. Grier even went down and had a meeting with the players when he saw them playing so poorly last season, and ripped into them. There is some stability there, and when that that team starts to improve, they will probably find it easier to sign UFAs to plug holes too.
Nothing is guaranteed, so you may be proven right, but they have been doing a fairly good job at rebuilding, and have a lot of good pieces coming up still. Chicago looks like a rebuilding team that may take a while longer to me.
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I think Buffalo is a bad example as they have other issues vs other teams.
I think the Devils would be a good example. 2 years ago they looked to be the next big team and that hasn't happened. But with the Kaprizov contract, NJ is looking great having some of their players well belew $10M
SJ rebuild is hard to gauge right now as they have yet to lock anyone up long term. Celebrinni is great, but if he signs 3 years @$11M or 8 years @$14M, is he that good? Can they win in 3 years on the bridge deal?
The Flames have got poor rating on their rebuild recently. But Coronato and Wolf contracts are looking very very good and the vets we have also are starting to have very very good contracts. What we do with our vets can change the outlook of this team and growth from our long-term contracts can also change the outlook of our team vs SJ who is being labeled the best of the best in the rebuild category.