Drury is in a tough spot because this year we are still in contender mode with a vezina caliber goalie in his prime. So he kinda has no choice but to keep it together and fill in pieces as needed and hope we can raise the cup.
JD/Gorton had the luxury of “the letter”, which basically gave the approval to blow everything up, retool and rebuild.
If we bomb this year and Kakko/Laf/Miller make no progress I am honestly fine with admitting we peaked, unload whatever we can and try a proper rebuild.