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Originally Posted by bax
Nylander is 22 years old. I think it's pretty safe to say he's not depreciating anytime soon. In fact, odds are his value only increases over the next 2-3 seasons.
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As an asset (not as a player), Nylander is depreciating every day. He's not a prospect anymore; he hasn't got that much room left to improve offensively, and nobody can predict how he'll turn out with defence or intangibles. In other words, most of his potential upside is already baked into the calculations of his value.
On the debit side of the ledger, every day he gets closer to UFA status, closer to the end of his career, and closer to the point where his abilities start to decline. You can't just look at the credit side if you're going to sign him for seven or eight years and give up other major assets to acquire him. The debit side keeps growing, and that is why he is necessarily a depreciating asset.
In the long term,
all the assets of a hockey team depreciate, and you can't be buying them at a price that doesn't take that into account. That's how you end up with Milan Lucic on your fourth line.