The premise is do rebuilds actually work?

And short answer, yes.

Eventually.

But I really wanted to look at this because it breaks down kind of the timeline of how long they normally take.

And the big question that we usually get is like, what's the Flyers timeline?

And the joke, they're like two to three years away.

You know, it's they have been for 20 years now.

Right.

But I really wanted to take a look at this

because this article breaks down like how long it usually takes to go from bad to good

and where are the flyers in this process. The article was written by Paul Padutti over

adjusted hockey over on on daily face off.

And it's pretty detailed and there's some good information here.

So just to take a look at what a rebuild is for the purposes of this exercise, Charlie.

They outline a rebuild as a rebuild starts when a team has at least two bottom 10 finishes, including a bottom 8 finish,

in a three-year period.

So an extended period of basically drafting in the top 10, including one really bad season at least.

And a rebuild ends when you turn that corner.

It's defined as you make the playoffs in consecutive years or you just win the Stanley Cup in that first year.

Sure, sure.

Your rebuilds over that first year, you go to the playoffs.

But it's over typically when you make the playoffs in consecutive seasons.

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