Not at all what was said. You’re reaching. We could rebuild, and end up being like a Chicago. We could also rebuild like multiple teams have been doing for years and not win the cup. All I said was that it’s possible a rebuild fails as well. Then what?
Then what? Then you adapt. Just terrific right?
The Habs have been retooling for more than 20 years. How's that worked out for us?
Nobody was asking to rebuild 4 years ago, after we went to the ECF. We had Galch entering year 3, Subban solidifying his elite status. We had good depth throughout our line up. A few tweaks here and there, and we could actually contend.
Alas, our management dropped the ball completely, didn't know what to do, didn't want to commit to any direction, and just wasted time/talent.
Bergevin then started making big moves because...well...after a few years you kind of don't have a choice, and most of them were just bad. It has lead us to badly miss the POs in 2 of the last 3 years. We have no direction, no identity, holes up and down our roster, 6 years into his tenure. This is unacceptable.
Our three biggest players, Max-Weber-Price, are all going or already into their 30s. Two of them signed to huge deals getting them to about 40 years old, Max is due for a big raise and long term deal too, which we should want no part of. For fox sake, if Weber is hurt, our top pairing is Alzner-Petry. What in the freaking world??? I mean, do you know nothing of the other teams out there? No way can we compete with the good teams. Barely hold our own versus average ones.
So ya, when you look at the big picture, the best route to take at the moment isn't a retool, it's a complete rebuild.
I can’t understand how people can actually think that signing Tavares and/or trading for a centreman is a bad idea. It blows my mind.
Because there are more issues than just a centerman. We are not a contender even if we sign Tavares.
So you want to trade for another top centerman. Okay, then we will likely have to give up something significant and this management has failed to bring us a centerfor years. You think we're going to pry a top one away by dangling Poehling out there when they couldn't even get us one by trading Subban and Sergachev?
But let's say we do get Tavares-O'Reilly. Our defense will stay horrible. We still have Max hitting the books, Weber-Price are still getting past their prime. So there are still issues with this team.
Of course, we would be better, but as I said, getting two top line center, one being elite, is going to significantly improve any team. I am not sure how this is an argument you want to use to show how good we are.