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Originally Posted by 868904
I get the anxiety of paying in the free agent market.
Paying $4 plus million for Brouwer, stupid.
Paying Neal $6 million, stupid.
But Hall is a legitimate first liner. The better way to look at it is would you rather pay Hall $8 million or extend Johnny for $8 million.
The other way to look at it is that signing Hall allows the team to trade Johnny for young assets.
If they don’t sign Hall, I think the Johnny trade will be a hockey trade probably for an under performing asset with flaws like Johnny.
If they can sign Hall, I bet the Johnny trade is for futures at the draft, a top ten pick hopefully or even multiple picks (mid first and bunch of seconds).
The owners won’t let management tear it down and rebuild. They are already hurting this year with lost ticket revenue, they will probably hurt next year too with attendance restrictions. The owners will want The interest level high and no one is going to buy tickets to watch a rebuilding team. The team also needs to maintain cash flows with a big arena project on the horizon.
Also, a rebuild that goes badly probably means Tkachuk will want out after his current contract, you could be rebuilding for a decade.
Singing Hall and trading Johnny for futures is the best play out there. It’s the best of both worlds.
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Trading Gaudreau for futures and not signing hall is the best play out there. Maintaining cap flexibility to take on bad contracts for serious asset value is the best play out there. Taking on David Backes earned Anaheim a 1st round pick and a prospect all for moving a player they weren't committed to long term anyway.
Helps you bottom out, removes any rose coloured ideas you have about the roster. Begins a commitment to dismantling this failed re-tool without a 2015 run jeopardizing your internal structure.
Trading a draft pick for the right to pay taylor hall 56 million dollars does the opposite of those things.