Emotionally in 2018
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A full scale rebuild is the fastest way for us to get back to legitimate contention (besides something seismic like an Eichel trade), but I'd fully expect us to push that off until after Ovechkin retires, and the large majority of the fanbase is okay with that. As frustrating as the three first round losses have been, we all want to see Ovechkin's chase for Gretzky, and you never know if they go on a deep run. I'd consider it highly unlikely we get out of the second round with the roster as currently constructed, but the 2018 team wasn't supposed to either. I'm okay with riding out 8 and 19 for the rest of their careers and then looking to start over.