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Originally Posted by jg13
Considering what we have on the farm and on the current roster I’d much rather lose a top 6 forward than a top 4 d.
Ontop of that I believe Kylington will come in cheaper than Mangiapane which is why I’d also try to sign Kylington (4.5~) ahead of Mangiapane (6M+) if we can only keep 3 of the 4 RFAs.
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I don’t think there’s a chance Treliving doesn’t sign Mangiapane to a long term deal. Treliving loves Mangiapane and has been trying to add more players of his ilk.
If there’s one player that gets squeezed out of the bunch, I think it’s Kylington. This is his first season as an impact player, he still has a couple more years left of team control and Treliving has proven to be extremely shrewd in his role as a GM. So I don’t see him just throwing cash at a player who he isn’t 100% certain of.
A couple scenarios I could see with Oliver is a 1 year prove it again deal which would help a lot because Lucic’s deal will be over by then, so that’ll free up space for his inevitable raise. If that isn’t sufficient though, the second scenario I could see happening is a cheaper, shorter term deal that takes him to free agency early which benefits both sides.
Regardless of what occurs with Kylington though, I just don’t see any scenario where Brad gives up Mangiapane to overpay Kylington. I’m also not even sure Sutter thinks about the farm team to be honest, he doesn’t appear to be a fan of Valimaki or Dube or young kids just learning to play the pro game, I think he’d feel just fine picking up a free agent off the UFA market to replace Kylington if it came down to it.