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The thing is all of those deals you're referring to were signed and created when they thought they had a contending team. In the past 6 seasons the Ducks have cracked 100 points 5 times (the 6th being a lockout season where they easily would have). Things change. They fired Carlye, they moved a defensemen for a 21 year old prospect and a 1st round pick when that d-man is right in their contending window You're acting like the fact that they signed young player to long term deals when they were good, and that they have a very good young goaltender, completely excludes them from a tear down. Their core players are old, expensive, and useless. They are not going to be the core going forward for long. If you told Anaheim they can move all 3 of those guys this summer they'd do it in a heartbeat. Can they? Maybe not, but they're going to try What facts do you have to support your claim? A few young contracts, ignoring their fired coach, and attendance? As if attendance ever precluded a team from a tear down

Alright buddy lol I forgot I'm dealing with the fan that's never wrong

Toronto doesn't play Simmonds style nor do I think they had the ammo to get him

And I said they can try and get rid of them in the summer. I agree with what a tear down is, and I stand by that's their intention They can do a teardown. Your insistence that they can't simply because of see bad contracts can be proven wrong simply by looking at other teams that have moved worse contracts Anaheim doesn't need playoff revenue. Don't act like they're being relocated without it

I'm not saying it'll be easy or they won't get screwed on those deals, but worse contracts have been moved

They just traded a 24 year old d man for a prospect and a late 1st. They're not rebuilding anything around that core, they're done with it

Mean tear downs don't just happen at the deadline of a particular season

True and that's the issue. They're going to get rid of them all somehow, but what they get for them won't be great.

No I don't. I expect those guys and any other player with value who doesn't fit into their window 2-3 years from now to be over the summer and next year

Kessler, Perry, Getzlaf...yeah, they are

All rebuilds are not at the same point. Montour is perfect for our window, but Anaheim is just beginning their tear down and they need 2-3 years for it to turn around

Which means Stone to Vegas then Shout out Commodore for nailing that one. Better than any insider has been today

You're leading a group of millionaire man-children who are often pretty aggressive, cocky, and intense themselves.

Every now and then I like to look at William Karlsson and point out his s% regressed 9.4% and he's gone from 43-35-78 to 18-21-39

Vegas you had your run just give it up

I mean it makes sense, I can definitely see the comparison to the deal. People were upset with GMTM for rushing moves though. This doesn't have the feel of that though IMO because the team is in a different spot

How so?

Speaking of Commodore

There always is Damn Columbus

Yeah sorry that's not what I meant, more so that Babcock isn't the only one with a harsh reputation by some. Though granted he has nothing like this, I just mean it doesn't surprise me

Coach Q is pretty well known for being harder on the younger guys and not liking them (IIRC). Babcock is the same way

Michelle Therrien, according to Spittin Chiclets, used to tell guys in the locker room 'I don't even know how your wife could fck you. I mean, look at you. You're not even a man, you're embarassing' Obviously paraphrased but that was the sentiment (expletives included) So, is Babcock a dickhole? Probably. But, most of them probably are

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