Doesn't matter. We're not doing a total tear down rebuild.
So let's look at canucks vs red wings right now.
All things are fairly equal in terms of standings. We have a franchise D and a superstar C, they have a franchise D and a superstar C.
So logically, I look at where's the next set of comparables? Ok well for me, when the team starts to grow into a playoff team, you need assets to move to acquire help, you need prospects and good players on ELC. So I look at the prospect pools, the current draft capital, and the projected cap space, and I start to see one team looking like they are in a significantly better position.
If you disagree on how a team is built, fine, we'll never agree. But I'm not gonna look at the standings and say oh wow they aren't in the playoffs so clearly it's the same situation.