Currently the best & worst rebuilds ongoing

[Hunter368]

Multi teams have been going through rebuilds for various periods of time, which are doing the best and worst rebuilds so far? Like anything there are ups and downs. Explain

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[therocket9]

Buffalo 13 years missed playoffs.....Detroit 8 years missed playofs....Ottawa 7 years missed playoffs.....those teams are the worst....just the facts.

 

[orby]

The Pens are currently in Schrodinger's Rebuild.

 

[VaporTrail]

Buffalo...we are the worst...should be a good chance of extending our NHL record without making the playoffs to 14 years.

 

[Weltschmerz]

Worst is easy but the best? Wonder who that is.

 

[bellringer77]

I think Detroit at best is heading towards years of mediocrity at best. They aren’t nearly as exciting as last year and they give up pretty much after allowing a goal or two. They generate almost no offense at 5 on 5 and their power play is the only thing keeping them from the very bottom of the standings.

Our defense outside Seider and Edvinsson is terribad with only really ASP on the backend in our prospect pool with “that guy” ceiling. If he doesn’t pan out not retaining any of Walman,Ghost,Hronek doesn’t look good….

I get Buffalo has been missing for longer but when you watch them this year you can tell they are talented. Way more exciting to watch and have more guys with higher upside.

I do not think the Red Wings will compete seriously while Larkin is in his prime. I really want to be wrong, but a chunk of wings fans were expecting a step back this year, but not to the state of looking like a bottom dweller.

Oh , and we don’t have much cap space

 

[TheDoldrums]

Best: Utah, San Jose

Worst: The Atlantic division

 

[Taluss]

I like what Habs have going for them. Sharks to a lesser degree but also them. Maybe not one of the "best" atm but on a good track so far.

 

[Realgud]

Another Yzerman thread?

 

[Drake1588]

On nomenclature: Is the best rebuild a rebuild that doesn't crater at all and is sometimes called a retool? Or is the best rebuild a rebuild that is as long and painful as needed, so long as it produces elite players? Or is the best rebuild one that bottoms all the way out, but does so for a very short time (1-2 years only) and yields lots of great players?

You could get hung up on the differences between the terms rebuild versus retool, but the Caps have done nicely if you're including efforts to avoid bottoming out (and the pain at the box office that comes with it). They're fifth in league points and usually slotted in the 6-8 range in rankings these days. They could throw their hat in the ring for best rebuild, if you think they qualify.

If rebuild here is exclusively limited to teams that deliberately bottomed out, then obviously they've decided not to do that.

 

[Miller Time]

Multi teams have been going through rebuilds for various periods of time, which are doing the best and worst rebuilds so far? Like anything there are ups and

Sens, Sabres, Red Wings, Ducks, Blue Jackets and Blackhawks have all been mired in years of rebuilding and re-setting without landing on a playoff worthy, let alone cup contending core.

Utah, now that they have the ability to keep their assets, the Sharks and the Habs look to be on good trajectories to ice a contender around their respective U25 cores over the next 3-5 years. If they achieve that, those would be pretty successful rebuild timelines

 

[Soundgarden]

Nashville's got a solid rebuild going, we have about eight recent 1sts and have three 1sts and two 2nds in this upcoming draft.

 

[Misery74]

Meet the new Caps. Same as the old Caps.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Habs not going well at all.

5th OA injured for a whole year
Dach/Newhook/Barron trades are not doing wonders
1st oa not doing god work , not bad but could give much more.
Demidov and Hutson looking hella promising atleast
But habs are still a 1 man team offensively
Rough to watch habs games this season. It feels like a regression of last year and we finished 28th in the league.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Timing of rebuilds is the most important thing imo. Teams that were rebuilding ten years ago look good and did five years ago as well, teams rebuilding five years ago don’t look so good without overwhelming outlooks either. The big exception is Buffalo who messed up their last rebuild with bad asset management and that should have tanked harder in 2015-16 and 2016-17 rather than going half at it after fully bottoming out in 2014-15. So much is outside your control because you can’t control how impactful certain draft classes will be quickly.

 

[duckpuck]

Its amazing how getting the #1 pick and a chance to draft a generational player helps your rebuild. Detroit has been pretty unlucky in that regard. The Ducks as well. SJ and Chicago have had good draft luck. Put Bedard on the Ducks or Detroit and this entire thread has a different take.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Devils no longer being in a rebuild means theirs was successful

 

[WarriorofTime]

Its amazing how getting the #1 pick and a chance to draft a generational player helps your rebuild. Detroit has been pretty unlucky in that regard. The Ducks as well. SJ and Chicago have had good draft luck. Put Bedard on the Ducks or Detroit and this entire thread has a different take.

What if Ducks just took Michkov though. I think Carlsson is a good player though so they don’t need to fret too much regardless.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Worst


Best

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Flames are going to be stuck in mediocrity forever. Zary and Coronato look like they will have solid careeers as top 6 guys. They have a lot of solid prospects. But, outside of maybe Zayne Parekh, no one trending toward elite.
The main issue is that they have Dustin Wolf who is going to steal wayyyy too many games and they will never bottom out.

 

[Leonardo87]

Ducks have two years before I consider it a failed rebuild. With how this season has gone so far. Don’t think it’s going very well.

 

[duckpuck]

What if Ducks just took Michkov though. I think Carlsson is a good player though so they don’t need to fret too much regardless.

The point is that neither is as good as Bedard and its not really that close. And everyone knew that prior to the draft.

In terms of Michkov vs Carlsson, it think its TBD. But it could well be the ducks (and several other teams) made a mistake on Michkov. I think Carlsson will be a very good player - he's already doing some very good things but is raw and on a poorly coached team. Obviously, there was a lot of uncertainty about Michkov's contract status and the political realities. So hard to blame teams for passing on him.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Detroit is the worst. Looks a thoroughly mediocre team.

Best is the Habs. They suck, but have a lot of good pieces for the future.

 

[qc14]

All rebuilds are bad and I don't particularly have high hopes for any of the rebuilding teams.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Habs not going well at all.

5th OA injured for a whole year
Dach/Newhook/Barron trades are not doing wonders
1st oa not doing god work , not bad but could give much more.
Demidov and Hutson looking hella promising atleast
But habs are still a 1 man team offensively
Rough to watch habs games this season. It feels like a regression of last year and we finished 28th in the league.

Habs would be looking excellent had they taken Tkachuk, Michkov, Oettinger. Now that may have changed their positions but if it hadn’t, they’d be looking good with Tkachuk, Suzuki, Caufield, Michkov, Slaf, Laine. Plus other prospects