The way I use "rebuild" (and see it used very often) is when a team is making moves to make a team better in the long run instead of making moves that will help them win games now, which obviously happens through some level of roster turnover. But either way, the point still stands -- you said the Hawks will just rebuild once they're crappy, but the crappiness has already started to set in, and they still have their generational talent and core signed to mammoth contracts. No matter what any haters say, I'm sure any fans would take being in that position if it meant three cups in six years. But while some of the Hawks' moves that are hurting them now were very obviously a worthwhile trade off for those cups (Keith, Hossa contracts), other ones seem like they are trapping the Hawks in a no man's land where they can't contend or rebuild (Toews, Kane contracts), foolish mistakes that they especially can't afford in that position (Scuderi trade), or unforeseen longterm costs of earlier moves (losing Saad and Teravainen).
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Re: What is <i>up</i> with your team? –– non-SCF edition
From: (Anonymous)The way I use "rebuild" (and see it used very often) is when a team is making moves to make a team better in the long run instead of making moves that will help them win games now, which obviously happens through some level of roster turnover. But either way, the point still stands -- you said the Hawks will just rebuild once they're crappy, but the crappiness has already started to set in, and they still have their generational talent and core signed to mammoth contracts. No matter what any haters say, I'm sure any fans would take being in that position if it meant three cups in six years. But while some of the Hawks' moves that are hurting them now were very obviously a worthwhile trade off for those cups (Keith, Hossa contracts), other ones seem like they are trapping the Hawks in a no man's land where they can't contend or rebuild (Toews, Kane contracts), foolish mistakes that they especially can't afford in that position (Scuderi trade), or unforeseen longterm costs of earlier moves (losing Saad and Teravainen).