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- Jul 27, 2010
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2 Things I hope we ALL have learned from this season, and our current position:
1) “Re-building on the flyâ€, or “re-building while staying competitive†is not, and was never a viable plan to actually fully transition this team. It was a nice thought. It was nice in theory. We got some extra years to the streak and had a good run. But unless you get very lucky and/or have a significant advantage in scouting (like we did circa 1989-2001), it is just not realistic to completely (or successfully) transition the core of a hockey team.
2) In light of Point #1… We need a new core. We do not currently have the components for a competent core on this team. The prospects in the pipeline are largely wildcards, and are all likely several years away from making the team and/or having an impact for this team. It is far more likely that they (Hronek, Saarijarvi, Cholowski, Svechnikov, etc.) become supplemental pieces to the core, than core pieces.
1) “Re-building on the flyâ€, or “re-building while staying competitive†is not, and was never a viable plan to actually fully transition this team. It was a nice thought. It was nice in theory. We got some extra years to the streak and had a good run. But unless you get very lucky and/or have a significant advantage in scouting (like we did circa 1989-2001), it is just not realistic to completely (or successfully) transition the core of a hockey team.
2) In light of Point #1… We need a new core. We do not currently have the components for a competent core on this team. The prospects in the pipeline are largely wildcards, and are all likely several years away from making the team and/or having an impact for this team. It is far more likely that they (Hronek, Saarijarvi, Cholowski, Svechnikov, etc.) become supplemental pieces to the core, than core pieces.