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Originally Posted by Bonded
Overpay in UFA on short term deals or swap players like Mangiapane/Dube for players the pro scouts think are a better fit. Don't need to spend assets to do it.
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Play that scenario out and what benefit is there?
You trade Mang/Dube for a Duclair and what happens?
Best case scenario, Huberdeau starts playing a bit better with him and we end up where? 9th/10th in the West with a mid draft pick?
Huberdeau and Duclair aren't winning you any Stanley cups or making you a contender; especially with Lindholm/Hanafin/Tanev/(Dube or Mang) gone.
Or you trade Mangiapane/Dube & the UFA's for picks/prospects, ride out whatever Huberdeau is this season and go into the next draft with a great pick plus more accumulated assets from those trades.
Getting a friend of huberdeau right now is the most short sighted option management could ever make.