Welp, rebuild time.
That being said, some serious revisionist history going on here. Last summer, we weren't talking about a Hart trophy contender on an elite team, we were talking about a guy who floated around 50th in scoring on a bubble team. Sure, we could've signed him to $9Mx8 but there was a very real belief that this was the last kick at the can before a painful rebuild, and we'd be selling him as a rental at the deadline.
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