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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
There is no way they are blowing it up. It's a pretty ridiculous and short-sighted notion when the core is almost all between 23 and 27.
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The age is one thing but the contracts are another thing.
In 2 seasons, the only forwards currently under contract are (monahan, Lindholm, backlund, lucic). Will they invest long term to keep gaudreau and/or tkachuk?
I don't know what the d core looks like 2 years from now? Tanev looks great now, hopefully he can keep that up, but is it a sure thing to assume any of Andersson, Hanafin, or valimaki evolve into top pairing guys? Who knows....
So, at this point I don't know what the core top end talent will be, heck by this offseason, where gaudreau and tkachuk head into their ufa/rfa contract years, respectively.