He's the only player that will get us what we need. His career will end with us trying to finally surround him with elite young talent. We haven't done so for 16 years, and we won't with him being 36.
He's accomplished as much as he can here. Frankly anyone that thinks he should stay and take a discount is being very selfish. He deserves a chance to play with a top team and elite talent. We will only surround him with more garbage.
He has taken a incredible amount of abuse from this fan base, that is completely unwarranted. Being compared to Yzerman and Sakic even though they are centers and he's a winger. His character being questioned all the time, his leadership. He's shown he's great at everything, but one man can't do it all. He deserves the chance to leave.
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