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Originally Posted by N-E-B
This is silly. This team isn't worth spending assets on. Take the deadline off and re-evaluate in the summer. They aren't winning anything this year.
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Unfortunately...looking at the schedule, we should be able to win 7 of the next 10. If we win 5 or less...I think we are sellers. The most likely outcome is that they win 6...and we are a strong 9th place contender down the stretch when the schedule gets harder.
I don't think we have the assets to reload. If we want assets back, you would need to trade Lucic (retained), Backlund, Tanev, Toffoli, Markstrom (if you can convince a team like Toronto).
However, if you do that...we will only be competitive again 2025/26 at the earliest...right when kadri and huberdeau are set to wind down.
Best case scenario....go all in this year and hope for the next 2 years to bring much joy...because the subsequent 8 will be a forced rebuild...luckily handcuffed in a way where we will have to do it properly...