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Originally Posted by CGY12
It is much more difficult trading a player who is on a long term contract, teams don't like taking on term when the cap number is basically unknown long term. His number isn't going to be small either.
We are 5 games into the season, why are they making long term decisions so quickly into the season? Especially considering last years failure. If this is true, lumped in with the Backlund signing, it seems the mandate/strategy is status quo from BTs tenure, sprinkled in with giving a few young guys more ice time.
They are in a tough spot but I think handing out long term contracts without seeing if this core can do anything together is a big mistake. What's the issue of waiting till American thanksgiving or Christmas break?
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That’s assuming they are in wait and see mode to decide whether to trade or sign them. I think the plan is to sign Hanifin and Lindholm and then pivot by the quarter season mark if they don’t. Another 20 games won’t change their long term plan on core pieces. Im hoping more and more that Lindholm says he wants out and then they can tinker with the roster.