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Originally Posted by GullFoss

When your franchise player that you owe zero loyalty to is garbage for a whole season, I don't know how you come back with the same franchise player.

You can’t trade away his contract with his current level of play. The only way you can is if he shows that he can be an elite player again. Look at Karlsson this year. Teams started to show interest in taking on his big contract because of how good he’s been on a bad team. It’s easier to fire Sutter and bring in a coach that suits Huby’s style more than to trade him away