opendoor
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For the record i have not read any of the other comments. I say re-tool and im buying season tickets. I say re-tool because of teams like the avs and ducks. Both have had hit and miss seasons due to Injuries and with help from drafts they have bounced back quickly.
In a way shows how fickle the owners are,one year for exsample you cant sell Stasney off the avs for picks,the avs bounce back and hes the top free agent out there.
The Avalanche are hardly an example of a retool given that 3 of their top 4 scorers were guys they picked at 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the draft in recent years.
The Ducks are a better example but that was only possible because Getzlaf and Perry are still in their prime. The Canucks went through a similar phase in 2008 when they could do a sort of retool around the Sedins who were 28 years old. Now that they're 34 years old, that's not really a viable strategy.