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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Either way its all off topic and arguing hypotheticals. My point is that GMs hope the players from within the system challenge your veterans. If a younger cheaper guy plays so well that you have to protect himover the veteran. Its a good thing.
Plus I dont think I would call it losing a player for nothing. Shedding a termed contract for a player over 30 with dollars left on it has better value to teams than a lot of players in the league right now.
I will say that letting Tkachuck skate with Backlund and Frolik on the road might be okay. Opposition teams will try to get their top lines away from these guys on the road. Bennett was really getting traction on that line last year before the move to center. Tkachuck may do the same.
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Yep. You are going to lose something for nothing in an expansion draft by definition. Exposing a few players in their thirties on bigger contracts while you have younger cheaper guys ready to step up is the way to play it.