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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
When he's 23, absolutely. When he enters that contract at 29.5 and you're already committed to several 6+ million players entering their twilgiht and have a gaping hellmaw at the 20-25 year old age range, maybe not so much?
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Don’t keep him at all costs, but if he’d come back for 8x$8-$8.75M… Huberdeau-Lindholm-X is a solid foundation for a top line.
Hanifin should get you back more than what Provorov did - so at minimum, 1st, two 2nds + cap dump.
Two things need to happen - they need their 1st rounders to hit. They have to be Barzal and Chabot-level impact players - not Bennett, not Monahan, not Valimaki.
They have to be studs.
The second thing that needs to happen is for Wolf to be legit. If we have a reliable .915-920 goalie for 41 games and Markstrom is just his career average .909, this is a playoff team.
Probably not much more than a 2nd round team - but that’s just next year.
Keep Lindholm, add two first-rate talents in the draft, don’t ruin Wolf, and they could be a problem for a lot of teams sooner than later.