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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
Pardon my ignorance, but why would he be more valuable to us if we only sign him to a 4 year deal...
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That way he's an RFA and you can trade his rights or try to extend him before anyone else talks to him vs. signing him to 5 or 6 where you get him for an extra year but then he walks for nothing. I think if his camp makes it clear that he wants out after 5 years then you sign him for 4 and decide at that point if it's worth trying to win with him for 1 more year or if it's better to ship him off to his desired team in the east for big assets.
Really depends on how the rebuild goes. It's easy to think we'll be contending in 5 years so an extra year of Johnny would be worth it but I mean, things don't always work out. Bennett and Tkachuk don't live up to expectations and Gio declines quicker than we hope and those assets we could get for Johnny as an RFA could be quite needed. Obviously that's a close to worst case scenario of course but one you consider.