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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
If Brodie was UFA at the end of this season, there is no way he gets moved given our standings. Why would we assume next season would be any different?
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If he gets moved, it will be during the off-season; likely at the draft. If he doesn't get moved and the team is where it is now next season, of course they won't be sellers.
But one thing is for sure, the team needs to ship out some salary and Brodie is going to be commanding a big raise the following year. Plus, we would be selling high after a couple of "meh" seasons from him. We could get a really good prospect or draft pick to help re-stock the system and get some talent on an ELC in the near future. It would be solid asset management.
So if not Brodie, who gets shipped out to make cap room? Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm, Gio, Tkachuk, Backlund? I like Brodie, but I keep practically every other star player before him (and no one is taking Neal). In terms of team success, I don't think Brodie is in the top 5 players on the team. He is good and I like him, but I don't see him as critical after this season.
As the poster above mentioned, we have prospects that are stepping up and play a Brodie-like game. Hamonic brings an important element that we would have trouble replacing within the system.