It could be an interesting off season. I would keep him, give him a little bit more to figure it out. But things need to change around him. There are a bunch of free agents after next year. If you aren’t keeping them around, trade them in the offseason. Get some young assets back and start building for 3-4 years from now.
You could get some good young pieces for Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Toffoli, Zadorov.
Give Pelletier, Zary, Coronato some room to grow and go from there. If you keep all those guys we are right back here next year.
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