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Take a look at what Babcock and Shanahan said when they first signed on with Toronto:Yes, he should go out and say "we'll be tanking the next 5 seasons for picks. Come see us suck at the new arena!"
https://www.thestar.com/sports/leaf...rst-news-conference-as-maple-leafs-coach.html
https://www.thestar.com/sports/brea...nahan-on-the-shana-plan-in-his-own-words.html
Building a Stanley Cup winning team
“I didn’t come here to (just) make the playoffs.”
Pain is coming
Babcock said one of the attractions of Toronto was the “long-term commitment” to the rebuilding process and the understanding of how hard it’s going to be to build a Stanley Cup winning franchise. There are no quick fixes.
“It usually takes twice as long and twice as hard as you think. I believe that,” Babcock said.
SHANAHAN'S OPENING STATEMENT
"During this difficult season, I recognized that there were going to be changes. When I was interviewed for this job by Tim Leiweke about a year ago, the one thing I said to him was the only real reason to come here and do this is if we're committed to building a team that is capable of winning a Stanley Cup."
WILL THE LEAFS SPEND TO THE CAP AND HOW LONG WILL THE REBUILD TAKE?
"I can’t predict where we will be with the cap in a few years. Of course it’s an important draft. They all are important and that’s one of the reasons we went out to get a guy like Mark Hunter.
"People come up with answers and come up with years and I sometimes wonder if they give a number of years simply to buy themselves some time. I don’t know if that’s the case. The truth of the matter is - it takes as long as it takes. Whether people have the patience for that or not, in my opinion you don’t deviate from the vision."
Overall, you have both a coach and a GM that are very clear about two things:
* Stanley Cups are priority #1 with a bullet.
* It's entirely possible that reaching this goal will be a long and ugly process...and if that's what it takes, so be it.
Now put that in contrast to things like:
* "Less is more exciting."
* "If you're expecting Cups, you're in the wrong business."
* (paraphrasing) Rebuilds take too long. I just wanna make the playoffs again.