This sounds like something a Toronto fan from the late 00's or early 10s might say. Trying to rush a rebuild has been a death sentence for teams as well. Toronto being a prime example of how it came sputter and burn and lead to extending that rebuild for long periods. The teams that have successfully rebuilt are teams that had their cores figured out before they brought in bigger names in free agency. Be it Chicago, Pittsburgh, or other teams. The formula that seems to work best is spend a few years building a core, then once it looks like that core is ready to compete, you go all in and add pieces that push you into contention. Detroit has had two seasons where they finished in the bottom quarter of the league, and next season the best case scenario is a defense of Karlsson and Hronek (the only 2 that would fill out a top 4 on a playoff team) with a 5th d-man in DDK, a couple 6th d-men in Daley, Bowey and possibly Kronwall. And, Karlsson is not a defensive stalwart. Being paired every night with DDK (most likely) would likely leave him being only marginally more productive offensively than that pairing would be allowing goals. This leaves them as a bubble team, not ready to compete, but not able to draft elite talent.
To use a construction analogy, don't try to build your house when you don't have a foundation. Its only going to cause it to collapse.
But, why listen to reason when Larkin and AA will score 100 points on the unlimited powerplays that EK will create, and Cholo really is a #1 guy, and Ras will transform into a 1B center and Veleno will be a 1C so 3 top lines amirite?