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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
The way I see it is exposing Kylington and Bennett will be a mistake.
We are going to trade 10 years of play from one of these two guys for 2-3 from some aging vets?
I love Backlund and Gio but in situations like this you need to make your decision with your brain and not your heart.
Look what happened to players like Theodore and Karlsson.
I have no doubt Kylington or Bennett could end up like these two if we allow it to happen.
I know not everyone will agree..
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I agree, and I know he still put up really strong numbers in the regular season last year but I think Giordano is the guy to let go. I can't shake the feeling that what we saw in the playoffs was the start to his decline. He will probably have good underlying numbers again this year but it surely can't last much longer. Tkachuk can become our next captain and I think our defence is in a better position to absorb Gio's loss than the forwards without Backlund.