Where did Yzerman go wrong with the rebuild?
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Unacceptable to be tanking in Year 6 of a rebuild.
If that's the direction they take, then this rebuild is a failure.
Rebuilds last longer than 6 yrs unless your fortunate enough to get a generational talent at 1 (which we never did) or get free agents like panarin and fox did with the rangers not copp's and comphers
Anyone who thought this team was going to compete this year with that d core and bottom 6 was seriously delusional
The kids coming up will be the ones to lead the way. Only Larkin raymond kasper seider edvinsson will be here 3-4 years from now. Lots of change coming
1) no they don't last longer than 6 years, unless you're talking about Detroit and Buffalo
2)who's job is it to roster better D and bottom 6? It's Yzerman's job...so while you are correct in saying the bottom 6 and D on paper is trash, but that's Yzerman's fault, is it not?
Oddbob
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Where would Toronto be if they hadn't lucked their way into Marner and Matthews and ditto for Edmonton with not 1 but 2 of the top 5-8 players in the game? If you don't get a huge franchise player when you are at the bottom, that makes your stay at the bottom longer. Toronto and Edmonton got lucky and we did not.
If you do it right, they don't take six years just to get back into the playoffs.
Nobody is claiming that the Red Wings should be the Red Wings of old and be bonafide Cup contenders by now. But to be on the way toward a 6th straight non-playoff year under Yzerman's tutelage (in a League where literally half the teams get in) is a failure.
No other GM in a serious hockey market would have a leash this long.
Doesnt take longer than 6 yrs?what you adding teams that make the playoffs once or twice in 6 yrs but get outed 1st round? That's a rebuild complete? Lmao
Takes time for prospects to develop and make it (if they dont flop) and we currently have four recent 1st rounders on the team 2 current rookies and still have pellikka cossa nygard danielson coming short term + other guys
again we weren't fortunate to land a top pick or free agents who wanted to come here. We had to have the leftovers like compher and copps out there. Didnt agree with the signings but it is what it is
I dont agree with everything yzermans done but he always said fans would have to be patient. He added debrincat a deal I wasn't a fan of and still dont see him here longterm but he fleeced ott.
He shouldn't have dealt walman until he knew 100% trouba would be here if that was the plan. Gustafsson sucks .... but were stuck with these fools for the time being , who's taking them?? Its just a waiting game for now
Like I said prob 5 guys who will still be here in 3 yrs if you don't think there isnt more short term pain ahead your deluding yourself. Cant be putting a bunch of kids next few years and expect us not to have growing pains.
As for guys on our team I'd eat salary to move a few guys but I doubt yzerman will atm . Is what it is
In a serious hockey market? Like the habs?like the hawks prior to kane and toews?pens before sid and malkin,letang etc... want to see if pens make it more than 6 yrs or no? I'd bet $ it'll be 6+ unless they land mckenna , no free agents going there
Weren't the sharks one of the top teams for yrs? Pretty sure its 6+ yrs now or it'll easily surpass it if not ... we have to wait for our kids to develop. Were not signing 3-4 top free agents in one summer and yzerman wont overpay for someone in a trade
