Quoting: Melnyk_0ut
The rebuild definitely took longer than expected that's for sure but it was certainly done right and most sens fans are confident they have a core in place that can become a contender for the years to come, unlike a team like Detroit who's team is built through older free agents
Haha wuh? How is Detroit "built" through older free agents? You talk like Detroit's core is made up of free agents. Basically our free agents long term guys (anything more than 3 year contracts) are Copp, Compher, Holl and Chiarot (4 in total). The majority of free agents Detroit has signed are stopgap players on 1-2 year contracts until drafted players are ready. You have to ice a team after all and we're not going to rush any prospects. And the prospects are coming. Ottawa has simply been drafting with higher picks for longer, in other words they've been crappier for longer, hence why more of their own drafted an developed players are in the lineup compared to Detroit as of today. The Wings roster will look very different in 2 years when al lot of the players taken from 2019-2022 drafts who are currently doing very well in the AHL or SHL start arriving.
Larkin, Seider, Raymond, Rasmussen, Berggren. Veleno, all these guys are drafted. This number will increase when Edvinsson, Wallinder, Johannson, Kasper, Danielson, Sandin Pellikka, Mazur, Hanas, Cossa are all making the jump up. All stopgap guys will be gone. Walman, DeBrincat, Fabbri, Kostin were all traded for. Not Free agents.