They’re having a great year. But they’re on the verge of being completely lost in the wilderness once they lose the best player they’ve had since Iggy for nothing, and the other side of their 1st line has a $9M Q.0. Which takes him to UFA at the earliest age allowable by the CBA.
Which leaves Lindholm and Mangiapane as their two best offensive players, and that’s not a core. They aren’t going to acquire new core players via the draft or free agency if they lose Tkachuk and Gaudreau.
They’re going to be a bottom-10 team, so they may as well sell everything they can and make it bottom-5.
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