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Originally Posted by Hackey
I really hope were not watching a core of 34 year old Lindholm, 35 year old Weegar, 36 year old Huberdeau, and 38 year old Kadri in 6 years.
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There is a ton of turnover on every team, every year. Predicting what the team will look like in 6 years is absolutely pointless. And the only way that all of them will still be on the team at that time is if they had a fair bit of success along the way.
Also, just because they have signed big contracts (in today's dollars) doesn't mean they are 'the core' and it will remain static. Young players will develop and change the dynamic of the team. Some will even become core players themselves. And yes, there will be cap space to sign them.
Here is the list of players that were on the team 6 years ago, that are still on it now:
Backlund
Mangiapane
Andersson
And Backlund is only a maybe at this point. The entire core from 6 years ago (Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Frolik, Giordano, Hamilton and Brodie) is gone. Hell, Jaromir Jagr was on the team 6 years ago.
Some fans have gotten way too entrenched in their ideas about things, and are just projecting their negativity out as far as they can see. Relax, and try to be more flexible with your thinking.