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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
See I'm less certain they wouldn't move Byram than I am that the Devils wouldn't move Mercer.
Byram is RFA after next season, has been good but not great, his injury history will always be a question mark, and with Makar and Toews locked in I think he could become trade bait.
I think management would have preferred to move Girard but I think his recent issues off ice, combined with some rumors that the locker room really missed him when he was gone and that he's a glue guy for them could have changed things.
Byram is kind of at that "Draft Pedigree might be more valuable than he actually is as a player" point of the trade value curve and I think they'd look at moving him.
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And Mercer is RFA after this season and is expected to get a healthy raise. With Hischier and Hughes already at centre maybe they don't want to allocate that many $'s to that position. Having said that, do they want to add that many $'s to the defense with Hanifin?