I hope the Sweeney slappies are starting to get the idea now. The team is going to be almost identical to last year, particularly the blueline which should be identical down to a man (give or take a spot). I don't believe they'll buy out Seidenberg now because I don't believe they need the cap space. I also think Julien gets to be a Bruin until the end of 2018-2019 (coincidentally the last year of his deal I believe), the year Seids/Chara/Hayes are off the books and the kids we drafted get roster spots. That's the inflection point. I also think we are squarely in the old Toronto Maple Leafs mode now: Moves that don't entirely add up when you consider the sum of their parts, probably a team that any given year could be 8th if it overachieves but could easily also be 13th. And if we hit on those draft picks maybe 2018-2019 is the do over we're all hoping for. We have to pray the scouts get us out of this now.
Btw in a vacuum, keeping the D mediocre till after expansion is actually ok with me if you actually rebuild right. I'm just convinced they don't know how to rebuild.