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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Problem is what UFAs do we have - Lucic, Lewis, Ritchie, and Stone.
So maybe you could get some a 2nd round - but more likely some 3rds.
IMO this is the year you should be going all in - try to add a piece that really supports the top 6 and hope that Markstrom can find his game before the playoffs - or else you run with Vladar.
Next year is the year that they should be honest with themselves and do a retool.
Backlund, Lindholm, Toffoli, Tanev, Zadorov, and Hanifin are all going to be UFA after next season. And Backlund, Toffoli, and Tanev will all be over 31 years old, so you should not be looking at re-signing them.
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Any picks we can gather for anything is a bonus.
I'd also go hard at Backlund, Lindholm, Toffoli, Tanev, Zadorov, and Hanifin to understand their intentions. If there is even a doubt in their desire to sign an extension on the earliest possible day, I'd retain salary and try and extract as much as I can from those players.
2023 is the draft I'd want to target. Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, and Backlund with money retained on them would be worth a killing...of course they won't do it, but they should.