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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
I just don't think that's wise to do, in light of the contracts already given out in Treliving's hubris. In three years this team is looking at a 33 year old Huberdeau, 35 year old Kadri, 32 year old Weegar, 34 year old Coleman, and 36 year old Markstrom for a combined $35 million, on top of whatever Lindholm is asking. Let's say, generously, that's a $43 million commitment to a core with an average age of 33.5, which is virtually untradeable for the duration of that time.
It's an incredible, and frankly unreasonable, risk to take for a core that has shown they're not even good enough to make the playoffs before they even start to decline.
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I’m with you. I think they could do themselves such a service if they sold both Lindholm and Hanifin.
Adding two extra 1sts and four 2nds is exactly what this franchise needs, even if their idea is “win with Huberdeau.”
But I also except that someone has to play with Huberdeau and it can’t be Kadri.
Lindholm is the best option to do that long-term.
Get rid of Toffoli to make that work - if Lindholm is Backlund in 6 years making $8.5M, that’s fine.
They at least have to make an honest effort to keep him, optically.