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Old 03-08-2024, 06:02 PM   #773
Southside
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Originally Posted by dgibb10 View Post
All of those teams have older cores. NJD is still a top 5 youngest team in hockey. If we make the playoffs we'll be the youngest team in the playoffs.

This is absolutely not the time to go all in.

Let's look at 3 of the goalies you mention and their acquisition costs for their current team:

Adin Hill: 4th/free to retain as UFA
Jacob Markstrom: free as a UFA
Linus Ullmark: free as a UFA

Again it's why I scoff at the idea that you can only get a top goalie via massively paying up in a trade. It is virtually the only position where you can in fact find a top guy without breaking the bank. You can't get a C like that. Even a 2C will cost you boatloads in free agency (see the ridiculous contract asks of Elias Lindholm)

Calgary was willing to offer Elias Lindholm 9 mill a year from age 31-38.

Mercer will cost at most around 6-6.5 mill AAV from age 22-29.

Personally I'd much rather have mercer over that time frame straight up, not even including the 24 million dollars you'd save
I don't think you get Mercer over that time frame because he won't sign all those years to be buried on the depth chart. That's why you should have dealt from a position of strength to address glaring weaknesses.

BTW, why you still here?
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