Island Nucklehead wrote:
Your plan, as highlighted by Doc, essentially involves improving the prospect pool and turning over the roster.
That is. Literally. What a rebuild is.
It conveniently ignores the "on the fly" aspect of the original strategy, which never sat well with many fans.
We're presently 30% of the way through Edmonton's in-the-tank, tear-it-down rebuild timeline. Made the playoffs once in that span. I think that constitutes to "on the fly".
Even if the rebuild isn't over, and it takes, say, 2 more years for the Canucks to make the playoffs. That's still a short rebuild by NHL standards, particularly if its accomplished without winning the lottery.
Incredible? Luck has been involved in the Penguins success (Crosby lottery), the Hawks success (jumped 5 to 1 for Kane), the Maple leaves resurgence (20% shot at Matthews) and Edmonton is no different. I'm not sure what that adds to the discussion, other than to sound bitter/jealous about the recent lottery bounces going against Vancouver.
What it adds, and what my point was, is that Edmonton's rebuild wouldn't be over without said Incredible Luck. With any top-5 pick in 2014 other than McDavid, they are still in the toilet.
I make that point because Blobbo dug up my year-old post about the Oil to resuscitate this thread, with only the following commentary:
Blob Mckenzie wrote:
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