Lafleurs Guy
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- Jul 20, 2007
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By and large you can expect it to take five years. That's the plan and it's a smart timeline.It absolutely matters. You have a cap window and an age window. The window do have to be coordinated. If the rebuild takes too long the age/cap become to difficult to optimize. It is that simple. The other problem is if you lose too long you have a losing culture. The team needs vets to be competitive and a winning culture. Habs finished 5th from the bottom and three teams below them were trying to lose. Conceptually, you are the 31st worst team.
Again though, sometimes it takes longer. It was shorter for Pittsburgh and longer for Tampa. There are simply some things you cannot control. And you shouldn't try to rush it if your team isn't ready. All that does is mess up the rebuild.