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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
8 years is a long time, what happens in a few years when 2 or 3 other kids pop to stardom and our cap space is being held hostage by over 30 players with NMC's?, this is how we lost Tkachuk.
As much as I like Lindholm I just know while we still have Huberdeau and Kadri signed into their late 30's he's not a good fit for this team.
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Yup definitely.
I feel like a lot of people underestimate how long 8 years is. My unborn child is going to be in grade 2 when their contracts are finishing. If you have one guy 30+ guys for 8 years whatever, you can work around it.
It gets ALOT more difficult to work around 4 guys making big bucks well into their 30s.
I personally don't want to watch a core of Huberdeau, Lindhol, Kadri, and Weegar for 8 more ####ing years as they trend down.
I can guarantee that sometime over those 8 years it will bite us in the ass and hard.
We gotta ask is the juice worth the squeeze? For me, with this core, it's not. I see them currently as a perimeter playoff team not a true contender. That's not what you want to be when you're signing these types of contracts.