I was just listening to Flamestalk from last thurs/Fri when Seravelli was on and they talk about the fact that all these guys will be in contract years, and ideally playing like they want one last big payday.
Now coupled with rumors we're getting low-ball offers, may not be a terrible idea to let them some of them have that contract season with us, before flipping them at the trade deadline. Obviously the risk would be injury, or that they have a crappy season, but can't control it all.
With that said though, I think this would only work with more supplementary players and I'm of the mind that Lindholm and Hanifin need to be dealt prior to the season if they're not staying. They would play too integral of a role on the team so that unless we're terrible (unlikely), it'd be hard to justify trading these guys at the deadline with the team right around the mix for playoffs (more likely).
It all still depends on what's out there, but I wouldn't be opposed to:
1. Trading Hanifin and Lindholm now
2. Aim to trade Toffoli, but be open to keeping him around until TDL
3. Even moreso be open to keeping Backlund until TDL
4. Trade Vladar now
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