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Originally Posted by Jay Random
None of them were 37 years old and a year away from the end of their contracts.
Then you lose a younger player for free instead.
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Which they knew going in.
They should’ve tried to trade Gio for something. Like two 2nds, the way Seattle did at the following deadline.
But they didn’t make the smart play for organization.
Conroy so far has made nothing but smart plays. He’s gotten good if unspectacular value for his UFAs, who frankly are all defined by being “good, if unspectacular.”
Sharangovich, Kuzmenko and Mangiapane are all UFA after next year - either Sharangovich resigns to a fair value deal and plays alongside Huberdeau for the duration of his contract, or he’s traded for a 1st + at the deadline.
Kuzmenko is probably worth at least what Tarasenko got the Senators - a 3rd and a 4th.
Mangiapane likely gets you a 2nd and 3rd, maybe more if he’s having a good contract year.
Plus whatever they move Markstrom for.
Then you’ve got Rasmus coming due the following year, and he either signs for good value or you trade a premier piece for minimum a 1st and a 2nd.
Very likely they end up coming away from next deadline with at least one extra 1st and multiple 2nds, and it’s entirely possible they could have upwards of eight 1st round picks over the next three years.
You can reshape an organization a lot of different ways with that much capital.
And you can spend on things like trading up for Tij Iginla.