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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Those were all declining assets that the team held onto too long, supporting a core that was too old.
Johnny is in his prime and the core is mostly in their prime, other than Gio.
Very different situations.
The fact that they waited too long to move Iginla does not mean that every asset lost (Hamonic and Brodie, for example, if lost) is the same mistake
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I agree they are different situations, but the commonality is that the asset (Johnny) is reaching a critical stage where he could be lost for nothing. In the case of the previous core, that pinch point was created by looming retirement and the aging players. In this case it's the contract status creating that risk.
So the commonality is the risk. The elements of that risk are very different.
You can afford to lose some of your high end players for nothing, but with this organization it's happened too much, and I don't think they can afford to do it with Johnny.