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Now The Re-Building Begins
by Paul on 11/28/08 at 08:21 AM ET
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from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,
Luke Schenn is the club’s only “A” prospect at any level. Burke and David Nonis, likely to be named the club’s vice-president and director of player personnel, are taking on a mammoth job with few assets.
Clearly, moves like acquiring winger Lee Stempniak for Colaiacovo and Alex Steen was born of the get-back-to-the-playoffs-as-soon-as-possible philosophy. Colaiacovo and Steen should have been moved for draft picks or younger players, not a player who could make the team better today but will be an unrestricted free agent in 2010.
Similarly short-term was the thinking behind the flawed decision to keep Schenn in the NHL this season.
“Great. He’ll be unrestricted just as the team starts to get good,” said a Western Conference source.
A complete tear-down is the only logical option, which will include moving players like Tomas Kaberle, Pavel Kubina, Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky for future assets.
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