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Old 07-07-2023, 08:39 AM   #4051
Jiri Hrdina
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I can already see how this is going to play out for some fans.

Teams says they won’t walk key players to UFA.

Great plan. Glad to see they’ve learned from their mistakes

Team can’t get deals done at draft.

Nobody wanted to trade picks this year. Anyway, lots of movement happens when free agency opens.

Team can’t get any deals done during flurry of activity on July 1-2.

Really soft market. Can’t sell for pennies on the dollar. Team will get something done later in the summer.

Camp opens with important players still not traded or extended.

Something will open up in the season. Just have to be patient.

Trade deadline approaches with team in the mix for a wildcard spot.

I trust the team to make a hard decision if necessary and move the pending UFAs at the deadline.

Team doesn’t move pending UFAs at deadline.

It would have demoralized the team to trade away key players while in a playoff race. Anyway, it was fun watching the team fight for a playoff spot / play five games in the first round. And fun is what being a fan is all about, isn’t it?
I think it depends on the free agent.

I think it's unlikely they let Hanifin & Lindholm walk for nothing.
I think they could do that with a subset set of Backlund, Zadarov, and Tanev but unlikely to do for all of them. But will they lose 1 or 2 of those for nothing? Perhaps.

The Wild card is Kylington as we don't know what his performance is going to be like when he returns.
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