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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
If we don't have a Lindholm we will constantly be looking for a Lindholm.
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But it's important to understand age vs contract and more importantly how many age contracts you're signing. We blew our wad on age contracts and are now talking about Lindholm and Toffoli, both of which are 30-32 year old contracts at 6-8 years.
You can't have 5+ players on retirement contracts when we're not a Cup threat with those 5+ players. That's insanity, it leaves no room for anything and no hope of contending. We need to draft and develop going forward, not sign the "core" to massive contracts and then have no room for anything beyond hoping the same players can do way more than they've failed to do. Age is everything in the NHL now, and your comment disregards this.