Not at all. I think if you re-read, you’ll notice I was attacking your line of thinking, not you. I absolutely didn’t call you ignorant. You’re obviously quite intelligent. You said you wanted to respectfully disagree, but it seems you’re struggling with that. At least from my perspective. It’s hard to tell online.
You make these wildly outlandish proposals with funny titles all the time. And I like them. I just am surprised at little at the vehemence with which you defend them. I always assumed they were tongue-in-cheek.
I won't post a proposal unless I think there's merit for each team involved... that's not to say I would always make the trade from each team's perspective, just that there's justification for it worthy of consideration
If someone responds to a proposal with "that makes no sense", that's when I'll disagree and defend
If someone responds to a proposal with "it's not something I would do", then my response is 'okay, fair enough'
See the difference?
My approach to a rebuild is to tear it all down and spend a few years at the bottom of the standings collecting high picks, use the cap space to take on cap dumps and the picks/prospects that come with them, and then have the young core all ready to make an impact at the NHL level within a a few years of each other...
What I wouldn't want at that point is an overpaid 2nd liner taking up cap space on a long term deal
Could Keller improve and become an all-star? It's certainly possible, but I wouldn't gamble on that given certain factors that I obviously value more than others...
So, that may not be how you would approach a rebuild in Arizona, but it's what I would do...