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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The team has to have faith in its drafting and development as the organization can't keep plugging holes with UFA's or continue to make Hamonic type of trades. The reality is that if Monahan and Tkachuk didn't have terrible seasons the team would have done fine with this defense group.
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This. The franchise needs to adopt a new philosophy that the depth roles on the roster needs to be from youth in their system that can graduate. You get the benefit of players that are both contract friendly, and possibly progressing throughout the season(s).
Don't be wasting money on older UFA's that aren't likely to move the needle forward for the team's ability to compete. Allocate majority of the cap on ensuring the top half of the roster is strong, and the lower half is cheap developing players. It's how the roster can remain competitive for a long period of time rather than a brief stint if they continue to draft well with their mid-later round picks.