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Originally Posted by ComixZone
It's just narrative building to excuse potential inaction.
I hope Conroy and team deliver. The team needs it.
The way Steinberg was just talking, Lindholm isn't on the trade market at all. They're still waiting for direction from the player...which I think is just stupid.
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If you take out recent drafts and look at 2010 to 2019 drafts, 10 years' worth of top 5 picks I count half of the guys selected to be as good or close to as good as Lindholm. So, if the returns on your players are not good and you only are adding high end prospects through your own pick, why can't you keep Lindholm and sell whoever wants to leave and still draft 6-10?
I count 12 high end players that are top end centers or dmen and are better than Lindholm taken during that decade.
McDavid
MacKinnon
Matthews
Draisaitl
Barkov
Pettersen
Eichel
Hughes
Dahlin
Heskinan
Ekblad
Makar
These guys are worth the rebuild but you have 24% chance of getting someone that much better than Lindholm. 40%-50% chance you get nothing more than depth players or a bust with the top 5 pick, depending on how the following develop:
Kakko
Dach
Byram
Turcotte
Hayton
None of these guys are looking like they will be better than Lindholm.
With Philly going full tank, Anaheim, Chicago, San Jose, Arizona, Montreal. It might be real hard to get into the top 5 anyways.
It is looking like it might be smarter to keep Lindholm but sell the others who want out at this point.
If we did get a top 5 pick in 24, we likely aren't good during the ELC of that player with the returns we likely get for the guys we do sell. Star players are getting paid on their 2nd contracts, you still need to have a team around these young players after the rebuild.