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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The good young talent comes from the return in trades you get for Kesler, Edler, Bieksa, etc.
It's not a slam dunk, but you roll the dice and hope the blue chip prospect or the mid-round first you get turn into contributing top 6/top 4 roster players.
The key of course, is you take the deal for those guys while you still can. Waiting for them to decline in value is how you go from Schenn/Simmonds to Hanowski/Agostino.
Wait another year on Kesler has he's likely to lose value. A year off of his good contract, with a similar production to now and he's not worth the same amount he was this year. It's a tricky balance.
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The Canucks successfully retooled because they had the players from within that were at a prime age when the west coast express was split up. Getting Luongo for Bert was a huge coup for them as well. The twins were 26, Kesler 23, Edler was breaking in his early 20's. Bieksa was in his mid-20's. I don't see them getting that many assets in those prime years for their current vets. The youth they get back will likely still be prospects or lesser players like Sutter is in te Kesler offer