STOCKHOLM – If there’s one word that a hockey fan dreads more than “loss”, it’s probably “rebuilding”. That’s a word that club managements like to use when things aren’t going the way they – or the fans – would want to.

Rebuilding means cutting costs, throwing aging stars overboard – if lucky, the club can sell or trade them, but not always in the European circles – and, basically, starting from scratch.

That’s not to say that rebuilding isn’t a good, or a necessary thing. Sometimes it is.

In the NHL, the teams get rebuilt through drafts. In Sweden, the clubs take a look at their own junior system to see if there are talents that can keep afloat, and with age and experience, take it back to the top.

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