I called it. I so called it. They're trying to weasel out of the rebuild now that they've got a little bit of talent.
Sigh. Aren't we over this? They are NOT going to sit in the media and say "we plan on being really bad. It's going to be ugly. Anyone who watches will be disgusted and bored. Not trying to win, we want to lose. Our young talent is bad, and we won't sign any veterans to help out.".
Signing Vanek and Green to short-term deals is NOT trying to "weasel out of a rebuild". Inserting Zadina, Rasmussen and Hronek into the lineup is NOT trying to weasel out of a rebuild, even though it likely hurts our draft position and it would be better to fill those spots with veterans.
If they trade some prospects and draft picks for established players, if they hand out some 5+ year contracts to players who are 27-32 year old, if they try some desperate attempt at getting Tavares... these things could be seen as trying to end the rebuild. Not f*cking signing Tomas f*cking Vanek.
Today is going to be ugly on this board. Ken Holland signs 14th forward to 1-year deal? "I KNEW IT HE DOESN'T WANT TO REBUILD ALL THE KIDS ARE BLOCKED".