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Originally Posted by Bingo
Two months into a season after an off season surgery, and a guy on a 40 point pace is getting bought out by some, and this isn't negative?
Finding other negative people isn't proof of realism!
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The issue is that the team has 4 guys who look like they are pretty key to the short and mid term future of this team who are up for new contracts next season.
His salary and production this year can be accommodated within the teams Cap Structure. But come next season, if you end up losing one of these guys to keep a 40 point power play producer who isn't helping you at even strength that will not be easy to take. Especially if Lucic plays out the year too. That will be a good chunk of change on guys who offer less on ice production.
The laws of nature would seem to suggest that a 27 year old forward who has been thru extensive injuries which have caused a sever regression in production more often than not will not be able to regain past form.
There are some guys who given time to rest have been able to regain close to their old form, Gary Roberts and Teemu Selanne come to mind. Others like Owen Nolan were able to come back and play at a lesser level after some recovery time. But all those guys were off for at least one year be it a lockout or other absences before that happened.
We see how this plays out, but my early observation is that it's not very promising right now.