I do not watch the NHL games but your analysis applies to all aspects of sports. When rebuilding a team as clearly pointed out by you and agreed by me, it either comes in fast or slow speed. Fast in the sense that in a mid season transfer window you can RIGHT the WRONG, some time it takes full season or more . Let me use Liverpool football club of which i am a fan to give an example. Since after liverpool won the 2015 Champions league, and lost most of their influential players to the transfer window they have been struggling to rebuild a better team. It has been more than 6 years and counting now and they have not won any major trophy to show. There has also been a lot of selling and buying of players and managers too. Some section of fans have been patient waiting for the day liverpool fc will return to its day of glory, while some fans have been impatient too and can't hold it anymore. Since after that season Liverpool also have signed and sold different players and have employed and sacked up to 5 managers too.

Every manager and players have their style of play, so when making the choice of rebuilding a team as a manager , you have to look out for players with such qualities and experience too.

I will like to mention that lack of plans for the future also affect rebuilding a team, why did i say so?

You need to also carry the young players along when the first team players are at their peak of playing so that once they start ageing the young ones would have blended on the team style of play.

Another thing of note is team strength and team spirit, their are players who either they leave or come into the team increases the Team strength or spirit or some cases both of them, example of such players are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi amongst others whom we all are aware and have seen them play.

This is such a wonderful piece from Hive account@broncofan99. You made vital and valid points. I love what i read.