It can take a long time. If you have no trade chips and the free agency market is dry its tough. So it really depends. How much cash do you have, how many actual chips. Can you get pieces that are ready to start playing in the NHL soon but aren't on gigantic bad contracts? There's a lot to it. I'm going on into my third year in SD for FGM and I am just now starting to see some change. It's tough. Be in for the couple year long haul.