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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Harming the franchise to protect an obviously deteriorating 38 year old defenseman would be incredibly stupid. Not even for a 7th or something paltry like that. We need all the prospects we can get over the next 3-4 years.
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While I agree with the sentiment, trading a late rd pick to protect Gio allows us to trade him to a contender at the TDL for more than a late rd pick.
It would be doing Gio a favour in his chase for a Cup and would garner more assets to get more prospects.