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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Not those exact words directly. But it's been the general sentiment of people who push back against the idea of a rebuild, and it goes back a very long time.
I've been calling for a rebuild since 07. The way the team lost to the Ducks in 06 and Wings in 07, gave me the sense that this team didn't have the horses to win playoff series vs the better teams in the league. That team relied too much on Kipper and Iggy, and didn't have the right kind of supporting cast to win in the new post-lockout era.
Maybe you can understand my frustration when I see that this team still hasn't picked top 3 in its entire history?
Over the past 2 decades, my calls for a rebuild have been met with responses like rebuilds are for losers, rebuilds are a lotto ticket, picking high doesn't work because look at Edmonton and Buffalo, etc.
So no, no one has directly told me that rebuilds never work. But there sure as heck are people who want us to think exactly that.
Fast forward to 2025, I see a 2-9 start and think ok, finally we're going to get an elite player in the draft. But the team's recent heater has put that into serious doubt. Still too far back to make the playoffs but drifting away from top pick territory. It's a source of some frustration. Another 9th place finish in the west is not what I'm hoping for here.
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What’s crazy is that this isn’t just made up, but that it was only a month ago when you were saying you weren’t on team tank and that we should wait until the end of December to see what this team is before tanking or listening to offers on vets lol.
You’ve also said many of the same things you’re now suggesting is equivalent to “pushing back against a rebuild” for someone who has apparently been after one for 20 years.
Why make stuff like this up?
EDIT: even the “when it was 2-9 I saw!”, you had posts mocking team tank for feeling vindicated after a 1-7-1 record and accused them of suffering from “confirmation bias” and that they’d be way better going forward lol. Wild.