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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Oh man, giving Gudbranson 3 x 3 would not be a good idea.
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Agreed. Not only is he crossing into that stage of his career where Father Time will begin to have larger impacts on him, but the organization as a whole are also transitioning into a stage where we can't spend $3M on 3rd pairing defencemen.
Sure, acquire a $3M bottom pairing defenceman at the trade deadline for a playoff push, but teams paying market value for the top end of their roster (like the Flames will be next year for the most part) cannot afford to over-spend on depth roles.
It's also why this team cannot afford to keep Lucic and Monahan on the books next year. You can't spend that sort of money on bottom-half of the roster depth players at the expense of the top end of your roster.