Sounds like hurdler my be the second best leader on the team and a guy that rookies flock to. He plays an important role in the team's development chain, so I am happy to keep him. Not to mention he is the team's best play maker at ES or PP.
Don't see any point moving him. I think progress is vital, even thru a rebuild. Volunteering key cogs out of town (different than losing cogs to Ufa) can hurt a young team.
I know nothing of prospects, but out of last year thru to next year, this seems like the worst year to trade assets for multiple top picks. It seems like this years class is just a level lower from having high probability franchise player potential.
I would love to see how experts would rank the top 5 of last year, this year and next years drafts up against each other. This years draft would be hard pressed to present itself in the top 7-8 in my opinion (mackinnon, mcdavid, barkov, jones, droin, eichal....).
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