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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Disagree.
With Iginla, the team had missed the playoffs for several years in a row. The only decent young players in the system were Nemisz, Reinhart, Ferland, Backluncd, Brodie, Bouma, Baertschi. Those were literally the only players with any sort of value who were under 28.
There, a rebuild was obviously needed. Here, all that is needed is good asset management. Am I in favor of trading Brodie and Hamonic? Yes.
But Gio is a step too far.
Trading away all aolder assets, leaving no leadership whatsover, is Oileresque.
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As with all things, return is what matters when thinking about trades. I'm a Gio fan - look at may name. But I'm not going to say "don't trade Gio ever". I'm going to say "what deal can you get for Gio?"
It's fair to question who's left to lead. But you do have some guys with experience - Backlund, Lucic, Ryan, Brodie. I don't know if they are leadership candidates - that's more about personality than years often times. You have Monahan, who may be one of those quiet leaders. You have Tkachuk, who's more of an emotional guy. You have Lindholm who may be a "lead by example" guy. Monnuie and Lindholm will be 26 next year - that's veteran status. Andersson is going to wear a letter at some point too.