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Originally Posted by Bonded
Barely any draft pick turns into a Nylander though and most of them are high picks, not late 1sts teams get back in rental trades. Also a 28-32 year old Nylander is still going to better than most NHL players, and most teams don’t have a UFA year that will fetch them 1sts every deadline.
In an ideal world you have a young Nylander to replace old Nylander but that’s damn near impossible to pull off when a team has been in playoff contention let alone doing it for every single guy over 28.
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It’s fine to spend complementary money on someone like Danault or Lehkonen or Tanev or Adam Lowry, etc. I’m not saying never use older players, but don’t revolve your team around them.
This is my philosophy. We would never get stuck with a Benn, Seguin, Huberdeau, Lucic, Loui Eriksson, Josh Anderson, etc. Very few turn out like Kopitar and Crosby.