I was talking about this in the trade speculation thread - I think that patience is probably the only real option now. Is there a risk that something bad happens before we can trade either of them? Sure is.
GMs were completely infatuated with this year’s draft. They didn’t want to trade the lottery ticket that could be a big winner…but the fact is that a player like Hanifin or Lindholm would be the kind of players that a team would dream that almost any draft pick would become.
I hope Conny is willing to do whatever it takes to maximize return - take a draft pick in 2024, take a moderately bad short term contract, or retain some salary. The biggest thing to get a good return might be just to wait for the market to rebound…probably once teams realize that free agency won’t solve their problems and the shiny draft picks that they took won’t be ready for 3 years.
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