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Originally Posted by New Era
I would have been prepared to trade him. At no time would I let that asset get away for nothing, but I take that position on every asset. I would have looked at other options available to fill the gap and would have had some succession plan in place. I can live with the cap hit, I just think term is two years too long and will handicap the team in the last 2-3 of the contract.
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Problem with that is these succession plans are unreliable. Bennett is nowhere near any of the lofty expectations he came in with and Jankowski is making his way through his first full NHL season and remains to be seen just how far he can go.
There isn't an NHL team who doesn't have somebody signed for a little too long.