id expect a big forward signing next summer

then maybe theyll actually make the playoffs?

no theyll make it this year

now that the rebuild is over for the 4th year in a row id hope so

how can it be over for the 4th year in a row when our core players arent even in their 4th year lol what

dorion said it was over not me

He said they had all the pieces to compete internally, he didnt say they were a contender. The rebuild is over means theyre not tanking anymore. No team jumps from the bottom 5 to the playoffs in 1 season

Leafs and devils did

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

sure the devils and leafs did it but they were also bottom feeders for many years before that and won draft lotteries

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.

Not with the worst bottom six in the league they won't.

Sens have a very dangerous top line with Tkachuk, Stutzle & Giroux. After they have Norris and Batherson. The rest of the forwards group is rather average/below average/should be in the AHL.

Greig will be an excellent 2-way forward in the Jaden Schwartz mold. Yes he's young but already in his 20 games sample, had pretty good 2-way metrics

Pinto will become much better too, hard to say what steps he'll take this year but if he can be in a role more suited for him at this stage, it'd help. And he had a missed a full year before last season so that's another factor

Joseph is a decent bottom-6 forward, defensive and PK specialist. Slightly overpaid but his speed is an asset

Kastelic is a good 4th line center, good defensively, physical and great on face-offs.

But I agree that outside of that, there is no depth

Pinto, Greig and Kubalik are at least 3rd liners.