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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Friedman has said the only team in the league not trying to actively improve right now is Pittsburgh.
But I think you could say the same about Calgary.
Everyone else is trying to improve to some degree.
It's early but there are a few teams near the bottom that are intriguing
- LA: Are they already looking at a failed re-build and if so what now.
- Tampa: Is this the beginning of the end for that core?
- Ottawa: They have to continue to take steps this year.
- Buffalo: well yeah
- CBJ: Another team that could go either way. Do they take steps or step back?
I think Anaheim, Utah, and clearly Detroit are showing signs of coming out of their re-builds.
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Columbus, Buffalo and Ottawa have almost perfected the rebuild, in the sense that they are always doing it. They will continue (well not Ottawa because they have to give up their first round pick this year) to accumulate high picks but it seems likely they will be lottery teams for a long time. Once you get in that space you can generally stay there for at least 8 years but some teams become so good at losing that they can get top picks for a generation.