Winning the lottery *should* lead to trading Matthews and Nylander, and proceeding with an actual rebuild, hopefully getting a franchise D (somehow) and replenishing a few picks.
What will happen is they will try to re-tool and continue to make a mess of it.
There is no way this team is better than ANY other team in the Atlantic. I am not sure they are even close to anyone.
A retard would read this and ask you if you are Steve Simmons.
But you are absolutely correct. Unfortunately, because they can’t tank again until 2029, this rather fucks things up.