Currently the best & worst rebuilds ongoing

[Stickpucker]

Best: NJ. They've exited the rebuild and are ready to compete.

They have guys who can win some hardware in their primes.

Worst:
Red Wings: Maybe more unlucky than bad. Set up to peak near a bubble team.

Blackhawks: The old Hawks and Penguins tank model seems less effective this time around.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I'm old enough to remember the 14/15 sabres. I've never seen a hockey team that bad. And here we are 10 years later and they have only improved enough to be on the bubble.

So no that old, if that’s as far back as you go

 

[Shanahanigans]

Buffalo will never make sense to me, they've had good enough rosters for a while now, and so many of their players get poached for cup winning teams. Is it the mix? Lack of leadership?

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

Id rank it something like:

ANA, UTA, CHI, NJ, MTL, OTT, and SJ will be forces in the future and have made good moves on paper, thus far. Anaheim could add more talent to insulate the youth, though.

BUF, LA, and CBJ drafted well for the most part, but ruined a lot of their prospects development.

Detroit has drafted well but made terrible signings and committed way too much cap and term to where they may be handcuffed in the future and alot of the moves haven’t worked like Stevie Y planned.

I’ve enjoyed what the Blues and Caps have done to their rosters, smart retools

CGY drafts terrible and has had shit luck

Jury is still out for middle of the pack teams such as SEA, NSH, and MIN who are retooling more than full on rebuild.

/thread

Arizona/Utah has been rebuilding forever

Mostly because statman Chayka blew up a promising young core and terrible ownership

 

[duckpuck]

Chicago would like to have a word with you.

Chicago and Anaheim are at the same place in the standings. The Ducks started their rebuild several years earlier. Ducks to this point are lacking elite forward talent with Carlsson TBD.

That’s ridiculous. They choose to ignore a clear BPA because of stubborn team policies and cowardice. Anaheim already had McTavish and Zegras as Cs, so it wouldn’t even have been an outlandish pick from a fit perspective.

At the time, reports indicated that Michkov would only come over to play for a limited number of teams, and Anaheim was not on that list. Carlsson was viewed as elite (at least by the ducks). There's a reason Michkov fell to the 7th pick, and it wasn't because the teams were stubborn or cowardly.

 

[McDonald19]

That’s ridiculous. They choose to ignore a clear BPA because of stubborn team policies and cowardice. Anaheim already had McTavish and Zegras as Cs, so it wouldn’t even have been an outlandish pick from a fit perspective.

McTavish and Zegras are undersized. Carlsson is a 6’3 potential franchise 1C.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Id rank it something like:

ANA, UTA, CHI, NJ, MTL, OTT, and SJ will be forces in the future and have made good moves on paper, thus far. Anaheim could add more talent to insulate the youth, though.

BUF, LA, and CBJ drafted well for the most part, but ruined a lot of their prospects development.

Detroit has drafted well but made terrible signings and committed way too much cap and term to where they may be handcuffed in the future and alot of the moves haven’t worked like Stevie Y planned.

I’ve enjoyed what the Blues and Caps have done to their rosters, smart retools

CGY drafts terrible and has had shit luck

Jury is still out for middle of the pack teams such as SEA, NSH, and MIN who are retooling more than full on rebuild.

/thread


Mostly because statman Chayka blew up a promising young core and terrible ownership

In what way do we draft terrible?

 

[Sol]

Kings have got to be up there at this point. We have decent rookies but no one is special by any stretch of the imagination. Byfield is very lackluster for a second overall pick.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Kings have got to be up there at this point. We have decent rookies but no one is special by any stretch of the imagination. Byfield is very lackluster for a second overall pick.

Don't you have Greentree and Ziemmer coming up? But I do see a concern with the D prospect pool with Clarke graduating.

Canucks went from the worst to one of the best under a single management ngl.

 

[Guy Larose]

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.

Just stop... management has only been there for 3 drafts FFS. The injury is something that happened and has nothing to do with the actual player who should be good. Dach is coming back from a full year off. Newhook and Barron are still young, give them time FFS. There are still a lot of players that were drafted that aren't with the club yet like Demidov, Hage, Mailloux, etc etc. I get it, Hab fans patience is crap, but a lot of people asked for a rebuild for years.

 

[Dread Clawz]

I like Sharks, Blue Jackets, Sabres, Ducks, Habs the best.

 

[Sol]

Don't you have Greentree and Ziemmer coming up? But I do see a concern with the D prospect pool with Clarke graduating.

Canucks went from the worst to one of the best under a single management ngl.

Our organization bombs prospects so it doesn’t matter

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

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

We still don't get the Reinbacher pick over Michkov. Alot of people are in our sub wanted Michkov. Seemed like a no brainer back then.
Reinbacher had injuries before and now hes missing another full year. Also We barely see what's so special in that player , he has nothing special , looks like an average prospec at best.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Our organization bombs prospects so it doesn’t matter

Still baffled how the Kings went from Doughty, Roy, Durzi, Walker, Faber, Clarke, and Spence to Doughty, Clarke, and Spence in just 2 years...

 

[Juxtaposer]

The Devils have to be tops in terms of a team that truly tore it down and built it up into what looks like a sustainable contender for the next decade. Got some lottery luck for sure, but also drafted a top line forward in the late rounds, traded for top line forward in his prime, and signed several top tier UFAs. Gonna be a scary team for a while.

I'm quite pleased with how the Sharks' rebuild is coming along so far, assuming we get another core piece from the 2025 draft. I'd have to think Habs fans are relatively happy with their trajectory.

As far as worst goes, obviously Buffalo has been a mess. I wouldn't be thrilled if I was a Wings fan, as Seider is the only guy they drafted who looks like a top-of-the-lineup guy on a Cup contender, but they should at least be a playoff team sometime soon. The Ducks have too much talent to be this bad, which is not a great sign. The Kings look destined for mediocrity despite Byfield and Clarke looking awesome.

 

[Hisch13r]

Devils no longer being in a rebuild means theirs was successful

Yeah the only real way to really fully judge if a rebuild is successful is if a team comes out on the other end and are good. Now I do think the Devils are good and will continue to be good but even there they had a great 22-23 year and followed it up with a stinker so jury is still kind of out.

 

[Artaud]

The best rebuilds will be the one that start this off-season. Shooting for McKenna and DuPont is a smart decision.

Of the ongoing rebuilds that are still in the sucking phase, I think San Jose is at the top. In very little time, they have acquired a solid foundation of young talent. The Blackhawks have Bedard, which automatically qualifies them as looking good, but I'm not sure about the rest of their rebuild. Ducks and Habs both have amazing depth without necessarily having a player you're sure to see on the cover of an NHL game some day.

I think you find out if a rebuild worked when the team finally seriously pushes for the playoffs. Detroit and Buffalo are the two teams who are most obviously sputtering at that stage.

 

[Hisch13r]

The Devils have to be tops in terms of a team that truly tore it down and built it up into what looks like a sustainable contender for the next decade. Got some lottery luck for sure, but also drafted a top line forward in the late rounds, traded for top line forward in his prime, and signed several top tier UFAs. Gonna be a scary team for a while.

I'm quite pleased with how the Sharks' rebuild is coming along so far, assuming we get another core piece from the 2025 draft. I'd have to think Habs fans are relatively happy with their trajectory.

As far as worst goes, obviously Buffalo has been a mess. I wouldn't be thrilled if I was a Wings fan, as Seider is the only guy they drafted who looks like a top-of-the-lineup guy on a Cup contender, but they should at least be a playoff team sometime soon. The Ducks have too much talent to be this bad, which is not a great sign. The Kings look destined for mediocrity despite Byfield and Clarke looking awesome.

lol We didn't even really "tear it down". Lou just unintentionally ran us into the ground at the end of his tenure and left us with the oldest roster in the league with one of the worst prospect pools and only Henrique/Larsson as promising young players.