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Originally Posted by Hackey
In the new NHL you really have a small window to win because of how fast young players get paid huge money. Vancouver looked like they were emerging these playoffs but as soon as Hughes, Petterson, potentially Markstrom get new deals their growth as a team is going to really halt. Similar to how Toronto has basically peaked because they are really limited on how they can improve their team now. The Jet's looked like an up and coming contender a few years ago now their a bubble team. Colorado will have to shed salary soon once Makar, Landeskog, and Mackinnon all get new deals.
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This isn't true.
As long as you continue to have contributing players on ELCs you'll be just fine.
It means making hard decisions on players but it's easy to replace a player like Alzner when you've drafted John Carlson.
The leafs haven't come close to peaking. They will have to move salary, in which they will take back picks and prospects, to start the cycle all over again. Meanwhile a player like Nick Robertson is basically just waiting for a roster spot. And the leafs have 11(ELEVEN) picks in the upcoming draft.
Colorado will probably have to trade Erik Johnson in the next year or two but if Byram and Makar are their top pairing of the future, that decision is easy.
Paying good players big dollars isn't a problem. Playing average or bad players above average money is the culprit.
The Flames paid 3.3 million last year for michael stone and troy brouwer to combine for 33 games.