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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I don’t think anyone thinks that signing Lindholm to an 8 year contract that kicks in next year and subsequently keeping him this year will hurt the team this year. If someone who is against this signing has made that argument I missed it. I think the general argument is that creating a retirement home for the later part of this decade and the early 2030’s will mean that those years will be super lean. But I think everyone conceded that signing these old guys could lead to use making the playoffs for say 2 of the next 4 years.
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I was responding to a post that expressly said that signing Lindholm (and not trading him) and thereby playing the same roster as last year (minus Toffoli and plus a kid or two) was ensuring a repeat of last season.