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Originally Posted by Sec214

Should Coulda Woulda... You stand where you stand today. Your best player on the roster is moving on. He was the heartbeat of this group. Hence why people were fine throwing 11x8 +++ at Johnny to keep him here.

Retain anything you need to for 2 years, hard sell. Conor Bedard is no joke, his basement is Mackinnon. Ask oiler fans if its painful having Connor McDavid and Draisaitl. Ask Toronto if it hurts watching Matthews and Marner every night.

Gamble hard. The NHL is a business. The new arena + Bedard in Calgary can come together. EVERYONE in this city will forget Johnny quickly. You can build around that. Revenue sharing prevents any real damage for the owners. Dome at 30% is still more revenue than Arizona, think about that.


Anyone on good contract is extremely valuable to other teams.

Markstrom - Edmonton? Toronto? Vegas? Vezina Trophy Finalist don't become available everyday. You can retain, some of these teams view this as their biggest hole. We have Dustin Wolfe cooking and he's ahead of schedule in development folks.

Lindholm - 4.85 2 more years. Selke runner up? Sure looks like he could plug alot of holes in NYR, Tampa, Boston, Pittsburg, LA

Hanifin - 4.95 2 more years. Minute Chewing responsible LD, Provides decent offence but is paid to chew minutes.

Tkachuk- 9 Million RFA 1 year to UFA, maybe the most valuable asset in the org. He just wants to get paid and to be in the USA.The family is basically a mini-NHL franchise owner complete with its own road show.

Dont forget the likes of Tanev, Coleman, Toffoli all could plug holes on teams and cap space can be weaponized. 26 Million today with no Chucky signed.

Now is not the time to spend that on the Palats, Kadri, Trochek of the world.

This is exactly what I would expect a savvy organization to think going forward, our guys though?