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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Lowering expectations is no way to run your organization. If the returns aren't there, you focus on signing him. Even if they can't, I would rather have him for a year, and try to be competitive, and then gain the ca space, than trade him for a middling return that does little for the team, short or long term
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You are the one lowering expectations for how the organization is run.
Why is cap space important when you don't have young top end players to take on those available cap dollars?
You're that eager to run out and get our next James Neal and Blake Coleman? Those are the foundational players you want to spend money on and build your team on?
No. Get the assets you can. Drop the idea that this mediocre team has players that are worth the moon. If they were worth the moon, the team wouldn't be mediocre. If Elias isn't willing to sign a market rate/above market rate contract in Calgary, they should trade him (I actually think they should trade him ahead of re-signing him).