It feels like with the rapid escalation in RFA contracts, having a young roster isn't quite the advantage it was a few years ago. On the plus side, Treliving locked in most of these guys on reasonable deals, either before things really escalated (Gaudreau, Monahan) or before the player busted out (Lindholm). On the negative side, the benefits of these good deals have been mostly frittered away at the bottom of the roster.
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