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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
We are only a couple years removed from people saying that you could never win with an Ovechkin on your team.
Or you could never win with a Stamkos on your team.
Etc. etc. etc.
Trading a star player for underperforming in small sample sizes is so immensely silly. You build around star players, you don't trade them and try to replace them with lottery tickets and significantly worse players.
That's how you don't even get to the playoffs again for a decade. Just ask Edmonton.
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Again though this just isn't about Johnny's performance.
It is about his pending contract situation and maximizing the value of the asset.
Now if the forward trade mark has cratered I fully agree he shouldn't be dealt now.
But I hope the organization has a plan for what's coming. You can't lose the asset for nothing or head into that final year with the risk of a constricted market via his modified trade clause.