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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
The proposal seems like quantity over quality when you look into the ages of players. Backlund will be 35 in a few months and Coleman turns 33 this calendar year. Ottawa will probably build around their young guys. I think they are looking to move Tarasenko and keep Tkachuk, Stutzle, and Norris up front.
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The problem with teams that look good on paper, but struggle is because they don't have players that play Coleman and Backlund's role. These guys put up points and are studs 5 on 5 and on the PK but don't need to the PP to excel.
Ottawa might not need these guys this year, but they have nobody that plays their role as well as they do and are left with skill players trying to play this role. If you can trade 1 young player, who is probably a bit over paid for 2 stud role players, guys like Tkachuk, Stutzle, Sanderson will carry the offense.
But I do agree, step one for the Sen is probably clearing out Giroux and Tarensko's contracts and drafting another high-end prospect.